Speech acts and poetry
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Philosophy
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Philosophia (Philippines)
Volume
37
Issue
2
First Page
192
Last Page
205
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Abstract
Contrary to Austin's view that a fanciful use of language, like poetry, does not carry illocutionary acts and is therefore "parasitic," the author follows through C. Carroll Hollis's work in showing that poets use illocutionary acts in a certain way that may be studied meaningfully, thereby making a speech act a form of literary criticism. She does this by applying the categories of speech acts in her study of some of the love poems of a Filipino poet, D r. Elynia Mabanglo. In the end, she shows that even though the poet does not use language in what Austin refers to as the "normal" sense, the mimetic character of certain poetry does allow the use and fulfillment of illocutionary acts.
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Recommended Citation
Garcia, L. d. (2008). Speech acts and poetry. Philosophia (Philippines), 37 (2), 192-205. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/481
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Philosophy
Keywords
Speech acts (Linguistics); Poetry
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