LINGUIST 2E03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Locutionary Act, Perlocutionary Act, Implicature

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 2E03
• Professor: Magda Stroinska

Document Summary

H believes that s has done something that was hurtful (wrong, tec. ) to h and that s needs to redress this, at least by saying sorry . In expressing that p, s predicates that he is sincerely sorry about what has happened. The utterance counts as an apology to h. S is at fault, h must repair the situation and if the physical damage cannot be repaired they must at least apologize by saying sorry. Sincerely sorry regret what you have done, remorseful, knowing what you have done was wrong by depriving someone of something or taking away their right of something. Important for hearer that what speaker says actually counts as an apology. When you apologize they often try to balance and say something that puts themselves down to to level the situation. Legal implications for companies / public persons: often apologizing for companies can lead to suing, eg.