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ERIC Number: EJ352173
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Pragmatic Factors in Making and Understanding Promises.
Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.; Delaney, Suzanne M.
Discourse Processes, v10 n1 p107-26 Jan-Mar 1987
Discusses three studies which show that the first two of J. Searle's conditions are extremely important to maintain if a promise is to be made or understood. Supports the idea that promises do not by themselves obligate a speaker but are used to reaffirm previously existing, and often unstated, obligations. (NKA)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Patterns, Language Research, Pragmatics, Psychological Studies, Speech Acts, Speech Communication, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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