OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1063327

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Title:		Article - The Perlocutionary is Political
		yupna_0062
		Documenting Yupna Diversity: Linguistic, Sociolinguistic & Sociocultural Perspectives on Variation in a Papuan Language Family
Contributor (author):		James Slotta
Description:		J. L. Austin’s influential dissection of speech acts into locutionary, illocution- ary, and perlocutionary acts has given rise to much scholarly attention to illocutionary acts and forces. While the perlocutionary facet of speech acts has gone largely undiscussed by philosophers and linguists, folk theories of language often attend closely to the relation between speech and its con- sequences. In this article, I discuss one conception of perlocutions prominent in Yopno speaking communities in Papua New Guinea that emphasizes the agentive role of listeners in mediating between speech and its outcome. This cultural conception of perlocutions, I argue, is tied to a political sensi- bility that stresses the self-determination and equality of adult men. The article shows how cultural conceptions of perlocutions provide insight into political values and practices, and how political concerns inform folk models of perlocutions.
		An article that appeared in Language in Society in 2015
Format:		application/pdf
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1063327
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1063327%23
Publisher:		James Slotta
		University of Texas
Subject:		Secondary document
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Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1063327
DateStamp:		2017-05-15
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Citation:		James Slotta. n.d. James Slotta.