Felicity (pragmatics) - Wikipedia

Felicity conditions for requests Felicity(pragmatics) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticleincludesalistofreferences,relatedreadingorexternallinks,butitssourcesremainunclearbecauseitlacksinlinecitations.Pleasehelptoimprovethisarticlebyintroducingmoreprecisecitations.(August2021)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Inlinguisticsandphilosophyoflanguage,anutteranceisfelicitousifitispragmaticallywell-formed.Anutterancecanbeinfelicitousbecauseitisself-contradictory,trivial,irrelevant,orbecauseitissomehowinappropriateforthecontextofutterance.Researchersinsemanticsandpragmaticsusefelicityjudgmentsmuchassyntacticiansusegrammaticalityjudgments.Aninfelicitoussentenceismarkedwiththepoundsign. ThetermsfelicitousandinfelicitouswerefirstproposedbyJ.L.Austinaspartofhistheoryofspeechacts.Inhisthinking,aperformativeutteranceisneithertruenorfalse,butcaninsteadbedeemedfelicitousorinfelicitousaccordingtoasetofconditionswhoseinterpretationdiffersdependingonwhethertheutteranceinquestionisadeclaration("Isentenceyoutodeath"),arequest("Iaskthatyoustopdoingthat")orawarning("Iwarnyounottojumpofftheroof"). Contents 1Felicityconditionsfordeclarations 2Felicityconditionsforrequests 3Felicityconditionsforwarnings 4Seealso 5References Felicityconditionsfordeclarations[edit] Conventionalityofprocedure:theprocedure(e.g.anoath)followsitsconventionalform Appropriateparticipantsandcircumstances:theparticipantsareabletoperformafelicitousspeechactunderthecircumstances(e.g.ajudgecansentenceacriminalincourt,butnotonthestreet) Completeexecution:thespeakercompletesthespeechactwithouterrorsorinterruptions Felicityconditionsforrequests[edit] Propositionalcontentcondition:therequestedactisafutureactofthehearer Preparatoryprecondition:1)thespeakerbelievesthehearercanperformtherequestedact;2)itisnotobviousthatthehearerwouldperformtherequestedactwithoutbeingasked Sinceritycondition:thespeakergenuinelywantsthehearertoperformtherequestedact Essentialcondition:theutterancecountsasanattemptbythespeakertohavethehearerdoanact Felicityconditionsforwarnings[edit] Propositionalcontentcondition:itisafutureevent Preparatoryprecondition:1)thespeakerbelievestheeventwilloccurandbedetrimentaltothehearer;2)thespeakerbelievesthatitisnotobvioustothehearerthattheeventwilloccur Sinceritycondition:thespeakergenuinelybelievesthattheeventwillbedetrimentaltothehearer Essentialcondition:theutterancecountsasanattemptbythespeakertohavethehearerrecognizethatafutureeventwillbedetrimental Seealso[edit] JohnSearle Illocutionaryact Pragmatics References[edit] Austin,J.L.(1962)HowtoDoThingsWithWords.OxfordUniversityPress. 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