English Speech Act Verbs: A Semantic Dictionary |
Contents
List of groups of verbs in the dictionary | 33 |
The BLAME group | 153 |
The ACCUSE group | 164 |
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Common terms and phrases
accept accuse action addressee phrase addressee's announce argue aspect assume you understand assumption attitude bad thing bad to happen baptize blame claim closely related component I assume concerned confess confident convey declare denounce dictionary dictum direct object Discussion example expected explication proposed express fact feel something bad Gilbert and Sullivan greet Guardian Weekly happen I assume happen I say Hayakawa illocutionary act illocutionary purpose implies inform invite involved kind Meaning I assume Meaning I know Meaning I say Merriam-Webster Michener Nonetheless noun offer one's perceive position presumably question reason rebuke refer reflected reprimand response say I want say things Scammell seems semantic formula sense sentence similar situation someone speaker wants speech act verbs suggests syntactic T. H. White target person tell thought true trying utterance want to cause want to say wants the addressee whereas wish words X I say