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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Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Philosophy

Keywords

Speech acts (Linguistics); Poetry

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