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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:15 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote: > Jorge Llambías, On 24/08/2012 03:37: > > > > 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..." Hmm... OK, then I guess this makes the syntactic rules simpler, but the rules for when it's appropriate to use an illocutionary operator somewhat more complicated. > "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. Question from a non-native speaker: Can't you say "I told them not to make so much noise, for I was trying to read." mu'o mi'e xorxes