expressives

expressives

xpressives are those illocutionary acts whose point is to express the psychological state specified in the utterance, e. g. apologizing thanking, congratulating. For example, "I'm sorry for the mess I've made", "It's really kind of you to have thought of me. "(P119)
【解析】表达类是舍尔的5种基本类型言语理论之一,它的言外之义是说话人表达的是他对现存事态的情感或者态度。比如,道歉、致谢、祝贺。