The Lexicalisation of Speech Act Evaluations in German, English and Dutch

Buchbeitrag

This article is concerned with the way in which different types of speech act evaluations are lexicalized by speech act verbs and speech act idioms. The authors first distinguish different types of explicit and implicit evaluations which may be lexicalized by speech act verbs. The meanings of speech act verbs in German, English and Dutch are compared to examine which types of evaluations are lexicalized in each of these languages. Having established an inventory of evaluation types lexicalized by speech act verbs, they compare the evaluations lexicalized by speech act verbs with those lexicalized by speech act idioms. Particularly, he authors ask themselves whether certain types of evaluations may be lexicalized by idioms rather than by verbs, and if so, whether this phenomenon also holds cross- linguistically. They shall also examine whether those evaluations typically expressed by speech act idioms are the same in German, English and Dutch.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sprechakt ; Phraseologie ; Deutsch ; Englisch ; Niederländisch ; Lexikalisierung ; Linguistik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Harras, Gisela ; Proost, Kristel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Berlin, New York : de Gruyter
• (when): 2015-06-08

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-37504
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET