I think that the phrase "Would you cook me a Haggis?" is direct. When this is asked, the haggis-yearning woman is presenting her desire while incorporating her sister's agency and preferences. If the sister is capable and accommodating, she would happily do that. Thank you for this video. I am sharing this comment to learn. Please let me know what I am missing here. I find indirect speech to be rude and laborious on the listener, so I am trying to understand why it is perceived by most people as polite.
Each round of Truth or Dare has three expected parts: 1) Speaker A must choose truth or dare; 2) depending on which is chosen in (1), Speaker B asks A a question or orders A to perform an act ; 3) Speaker A must answer B's question or perform B's act (the latter may not be a speech act). (1) and (2) require a speech act to complete them. (3) often requires a speech act, though some "dares" can be performed non-linguistically. In the context of the game, there are specific rules or expectations for what qualifies as felicitous for each of these speech acts. For example, the question asked for (2) must be one that Speaker A can answer, and it should be personal and embarrassing.
haggis :a food eaten in Scotland, made from the heart and other organs of a sheep, cut up and boiled in a skin made from the sheep’s stomach .
thank you! I had no idea what a haggis is, and was wondering throughout the length of the video
Thank you for this clear explication !
Thanks for clear explanation.
great video
So is reported speech a part of pragmatics?
I think that the phrase "Would you cook me a Haggis?" is direct. When this is asked, the haggis-yearning woman is presenting her desire while incorporating her sister's agency and preferences. If the sister is capable and accommodating, she would happily do that. Thank you for this video. I am sharing this comment to learn. Please let me know what I am missing here. I find indirect speech to be rude and laborious on the listener, so I am trying to understand why it is perceived by most people as polite.
Can you tell me about assertive speech act?
I wonder what the sister thinks about having to cook a haggis.
The game Truth or Dare can it be the example of speech act?
Each round of Truth or Dare has three expected parts: 1) Speaker A must choose truth or dare; 2) depending on which is chosen in (1), Speaker B asks A a question or orders A to perform an act ; 3) Speaker A must answer B's question or perform B's act (the latter may not be a speech act). (1) and (2) require a speech act to complete them. (3) often requires a speech act, though some "dares" can be performed non-linguistically. In the context of the game, there are specific rules or expectations for what qualifies as felicitous for each of these speech acts. For example, the question asked for (2) must be one that Speaker A can answer, and it should be personal and embarrassing.
Is…
I‘ve forgotten what room I‘m in.
…a direct speech act? Yes, right?
Edit: I think it’s indirect now😅