Doing by saying: Toward a theory of perlocution

Gaines, Robert N.

doi:10.1080/00335637909383471

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“…The underlying theoretical assumption is the minimization of the distance between emotions and will, will and speech, the latter and acts. The American philosopher Judith Butler (1993Butler ( , 1997aButler ( , 1997b, drawing on Derrida 's critique of Austin's speech act theory, rethinks the notion of the performative utterance from the vantage point of perlocutionary action (in this direction, see also the contributions of Campbell, 1973;Cohen, 1973;Davis, 1979;Gaines, 1979;Gu, 1993). Butler (1993Butler ( , 1997aButler ( , 1997b maintains that the perlocutionary character of the speech act, whose consequences on the world are not the expected ones, is the most interesting dimension to focus on.…”

Section: Philosophical Underpinning Of Butler's Performativity Theorymentioning

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Ex-citable accounting and the development of pervasive innovation

Revellino¹,

Mouritsen

2017

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In this paper, we explain accounting's excitable relations with values in and of innovation. Specifically, we draw on Judith Butler's work and her notion of excitability to explain how multiple values may arise when accounting interacts with innovation. Through this lens, accounting can be theorised as an excitable force involved in provoking and transforming innovation and its associated values, notably beyond innovators' initial intentions. Thus, innovation is not a stable object but a pervasive movement diffusing multiple values. In the course of this pervasive process, innovations, which are born to develop private interests, can possibly generate public goods.

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Section: Philosophical Underpinning Of Butler's Performativity Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ex-citable accounting and the development of pervasive innovation

Revellino¹,

Mouritsen

2017

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“…The research on persuasion dates back to Aristotle's Rhetoric, and originates from a variety of disciplines. Among these are i. Linguistics, particularly developments which derived from speech act theory (Austin, 1962;Searle, 1969) regarding "perlocutive" acts (Gaines, 1979), and the communicational value of speech acts (Geis, 1995); ii. Psychology, via consideration of the variables influencing changes of cognition and, later, actions (see Green & Brock, 2000, about "transportation theory"); iii.…”

Section: The Suggestive-persuasive Genrementioning

confidence: 99%

“You Must Go Trek There”

Noy¹

2002

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This research explores narratives of personal experience narrated by young Israeli travelers upon returning to their homeland from an extended backpacking journey. By reflecting on the interaction that took place during the interview conversations between the backpackers and the researcher, the means by which the stories come to implicate and act upon their audience/listener are examined. The stories, describing experiences and adventures, are conceptualized as 'persuasive' stories, and are created and reiterated within an interpersonal and dialogical social space. They are genred as descriptions and prescriptions at the same time -they invite and impel their audience to join the journey, and they constitute and structure the experience shared by the narrative community of Israeli backpackers. While overtly the stories are descriptive, the value the tellers ascribe to the events charges the stories with prescriptive quality. Thus, this research sheds additional light on the view of narratives as an inherent dialogical and interactive form of human communication. Additionally, the article examines the ways in which a specific cultural context plays a role in the persuasive capacity of Israeli backpackers' narratives. (Persuasion, Intersubjective, Tourism, Backpacking, Israeli society) Theoretical formulations hover so low over the interpretations they govern that they don't make much sense or hold much interest apart from them. (Geertz, 1973, p. 25).In the course of my work with narrative material and narrative research literature, I have come to consider and elucidate some ideas regarding the essence of the empirical material with which we are involved, i.e., transcribed oral narrative. These ideas stemmed, originally, from the place or the role Requests for further information should be directed to Chaim Noy,

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“…Instances of humor can be identified without recourse to indications of audience laughter. Gaines (1979) observed that discernment of what perlocutionary acts a speaker is attempting to commit requires neither direct nor inferential access to the speaker's cognitive or affective states. This is because it may be inferred pragmatically that the speaker attempts the same perlocutions with the speech act that any rational speaker would be attempting with such an act in identical circumstances.…”

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Prosodic enhancers of humorous effect in political speeches

Sayenko¹

2014

Argumentation in Context

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This dissertation offers a theory of the strategic use of rhetorical humor in political discourse. This theory accounts for the differences between intentional and unintentional humor while creating a structure for the identification of humorous utterances. The largest gap in the current state of knowledge concerning rhetorical humor is a lack of understanding regarding the connection between humorous attempts and persuasive situations. This area of concern is answered with a classification of the rhetorical strategies of humor. I propose three nested categories for the identification of actions that have amusement or laughter as an expected response. These three categories in order of increasing exclusivity are the risible, humor, and rhetorical humor. The risible includes all stimuli that create amusement, regardless of intention. The risible is not

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Doing by saying: Toward a theory of perlocution

Cited by 24 publications

References 9 publications

Ex-citable accounting and the development of pervasive innovation

Ex-citable accounting and the development of pervasive innovation

“You Must Go Trek There”

Prosodic enhancers of humorous effect in political speeches

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