Lexical Markers of the Endorsement Speech Act in British, American, and Indian Englishes  

作　　者：Artur Czapiga 

机构地区：[1]University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2012年第6期1244-1256,共13页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：In the paper, the author would like to investigate the scope of lexical markers of the speech act of endorsement focusing on different varieties of English. The problem seems to attract little or almost no interest among contemporary linguists and this impression is somewhat reinforced if one examines the bibliographical data on negation--the analogical phenomenon, but thoroughly investigated. The term endorsement implies the speaker＇s support for the interlocutor＇s verbal and/or non-verbal behaviour and is based on positive emotions. From the point of view of ethics, it is the result of moral judgement. The lexical items applied to utter this meaning are of various character--OK, sure, and why not, and their choice is determined by a series of factors, among which one may mention the relations speaker--the hearer, the circumstances of the communication, and the speaker＇s intentions （whether the approval is complete and emotional, and whether it is the result of cool calculation）. The material for the survey shall be excerpted from the Internet sources--British, American, and Indian websites as it is intended to compare the lexical indicators of speech act of endorsement employed in each variation of language

关 键 词：British English American English Indian English speech acts ENDORSEMENT 

分 类 号：TP18[自动化与计算机技术—控制理论与控制工程] H313[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]