This study explores the viability of applying the local grammar approach to speech act studies beyond English by developing a local grammar of apology in Italian. Drawing on data taken from the spoken Italian corpus of KIPTO, we identified nine functional terms that are commonly associated with the semantics of apologies in Italian. We subsequently used these terms to analyse instances of apologies from a local grammar perspective, leading to the identification of 18 local grammar patterns of apology, with the pattern “Forgiveness-seeking” being the most prominent one. We further discussed the opportunities (e.g., facilitating cross-linguistic speech act studies) and challenges (e.g., corpus availability, identification of speech act instances in corpora) of using the local grammar approach to account for speech acts in languages other than English. Overall, our argument is, and our study shows, that local grammars can be a viable approach to speech act studies in and across various languages.

Developing local grammars of speech acts in Italian: The case of apology / Yu, Danni; Su, Hang; Bondi, Marina. - In: LINGUA. - ISSN 0024-3841. - 299:(2024), pp. 1-20. [10.1016/j.lingua.2024.103672]

Developing local grammars of speech acts in Italian: The case of apology

Yu, Danni
;
Bondi, Marina
2024

Abstract

This study explores the viability of applying the local grammar approach to speech act studies beyond English by developing a local grammar of apology in Italian. Drawing on data taken from the spoken Italian corpus of KIPTO, we identified nine functional terms that are commonly associated with the semantics of apologies in Italian. We subsequently used these terms to analyse instances of apologies from a local grammar perspective, leading to the identification of 18 local grammar patterns of apology, with the pattern “Forgiveness-seeking” being the most prominent one. We further discussed the opportunities (e.g., facilitating cross-linguistic speech act studies) and challenges (e.g., corpus availability, identification of speech act instances in corpora) of using the local grammar approach to account for speech acts in languages other than English. Overall, our argument is, and our study shows, that local grammars can be a viable approach to speech act studies in and across various languages.
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Developing local grammars of speech acts in Italian: The case of apology / Yu, Danni; Su, Hang; Bondi, Marina. - In: LINGUA. - ISSN 0024-3841. - 299:(2024), pp. 1-20. [10.1016/j.lingua.2024.103672]
Yu, Danni; Su, Hang; Bondi, Marina
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