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Jorge Llamb�as, On 24/08/2012 03:37:
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:35 PM, And Rosta<and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:BTW, you mentioned illocutionary operators. You could borrow the following idea from Livagian. Take the predicate 'command', for example: "X commands Y to make Z the case", a 3-place predicate, e.g. _cmndakeki_. Saturate certain arguments with "me" and "you", and define an illocutionary operator "I hereby command you to make Z the case", _cmnda_. Derive illocutionary operators from any predicate by removing the arguments saturated by "you" and "me" and using the same stem with a reduced arity.Yes, I was thinking along those lines, but if I'm not mistaken illocutionary operators are not like ordinary unary operators that can be combined with other operators. Illocutionary operators act on a sentence and the result can't be acted on again.
I think you're mistaken. Two sorts of case where illoc operator isn't sentence root: First: "Is it lunchtime yet, because I'm getting hungry" = "Because I'm getting hungry I ask..." "Don't make so much noise, for I'm trying to read" = "Because I'm trying to read, I command... & I think I'd argue that _for_ modifies only illocutionary operators. Second, illocs can be complement of quantifiers: "Ex, x a book: I-declare I want x" = "I want a (certain) book" "Ax, x a dish on the menu, O to eat x!" =/= "O that Ax, x a dish on the menu, I should eat x" --And.