The offer of some cake can be declined by saying “I am on a diet” – an indirect reply. Here, we asked whether certain well-established psychological and conceptual features are linked to the (in)directness speech acts issue unexplored so far. Subjects rated direct performed same critical linguistic forms in different dialogic contexts. We find that replies were understood with less certainty, p...

Abstract We analyze axioms and postulates as speech acts. After a brief historical appraisal of the concept axiom in Euclid, Frege, Hilbert, we evaluate contemporary axiomatics from linguistic perspective. Our reading is inspired by Hilbert meant to account for assertive, directive, declarative components modern axiomatics. will do this describing constitutive regulative roles that possess with...

The article focuses on one of the current problems: verbal empathy. Verbal empathy is an inescapable ability that integral part interpersonal communication. inability or unwillingness to show creates communication difficulties. a speech act expresses feelings towards others. use these acts natural necessity for building healthy conditioned by our perception world, i.e. thoughts, emotions, and k...