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URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/fictive-utterances-as-constati
 ve-speech-acts/
SUMMARY:Fictive utterances as constative speech acts
DESCRIPTION:What kinds of speech acts do authors characteristically perform
  in producing fictive utterances\, the utterances that make up works of fi
 ction? For example\, what kind of speech act does Tolkien perform in produ
 cing the fictive utterance (1)?(1) &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;
  &nbsp\;In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. (The Hobbit)In the p
 hilosophical debate on this matter\, by far the two most popular answers a
 re the pretence view and the make-believe view. According to the pretence 
 view\, Tolkien doesn&rsquo\;t in fact perform any speech act in writing (1
 ). He merely pretends to assert that in a hole in the ground there lived a
  hobbit\, and thus his action lacks illocutionary force altogether. On the
  make-believe view\, Tolkien prescribes his readers to make-believe that i
 n a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. His utterance is thus similar
  to everyday directive speech acts\, such as commands and requests. My fir
 st aim in this talk is to point to insincere fictive utterances that chall
 enge these two views. My second aim is to argue that Tolkien&rsquo\;s utte
 rance is a constative speech act\, namely an assertion about a story. The 
 view that characteristic fictive utterances are constative speech acts\, s
 uch assertions or suggestions\, has been frequently ruled out. I hope to s
 how that\, once properly spelled out\, it enjoys a great deal of plausibil
 ity.
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia UB
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