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a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language" title="Philosophy of language">philosophy of language</a> is an utterance that has performative function in language and communication.<br><br>What is an illocutionary act?<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act</a><br><b>Illocutionary act</b> is a term in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics" title=Linguistics>linguistics</a> introduced by the philosopher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin" title="John L.       Austin">John L. Austin</a> in his investigation of the various aspects of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts" title="Speech       acts">speech acts</a>. <br><br>What is a Directive illocutionary act?<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts</a><br><b>directives</b> = speech acts that are to <b>cause the hearer to take a particular action</b>, e.g. requests, commands and advice<br><br>More than you asked for:<br>What is a Commissive speech act?<br><b>commissives</b> = speech acts that commit a speaker to some future action, e.g. promises and oaths<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dan wrote: >> Consider the man who loves a certain woman, and waits for the current trend of her interest in him to change. He is goal seeking without controlling. Likewise, trend-following market traders do not attempt to create, control or make trends. They simply identify & ride them, while seeking wealth. <<<br><br>Waiting and seeking are still forms of controlling. Your loving man has chosen to wait for his goal rather than (to coin a phrase) being prepared to be surprised by another woman. He may not be trying to control her, but he’s still trying to control the situation in a way that he thinks will allow him to achieve his goal.<br><br>Those who seek wealth do likewise: they don’t randomly ride the trends, they identify them and make choices about how to ride them, in order to obtain wealth. That is control.<br><br>I don’t think it’s possible to be goal-oriented and try to exert some kind of control over the process, unless your goal is… to have no goal. Actually, even being prepared to be surprised is a goal. A sort of wonderfully ridiculous one.<br><br>Jen x<br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Jenifer Toksvig<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><a href="http://www.acompletelossforwords.com">www.acompletelossforwords.com</a><br><br><b>The Copenhagen Interpretation<br></b><a href="http://www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk">www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk</a><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OSList mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1>Daniel Mezick, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1>New Technology Solutions Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1>(203) 915 7248 (cell)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s1><a href="http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/">Bio</a></span><span class=s2>. <a href="http://newtechusa.net/blog/"><span class=s1>Blog</span></a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/"><span class=s1>Twitter</span></a>.</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p3><span class=s2>Examine my new book:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'>  </span></span><span class=s2><a href="http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/"><span class=s1>The Culture Game </span></a></span><span class=s1>: Tools for the Agile Manager</span><span class=s2>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1>Explore Agile Team <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/"><span class=s3>Training</span></a> and <a href="http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/"><span class=s3>Coaching.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1>Explore the <a href="http://newtechusa.net/user-groups/ma/"><span class=s3>Agile Boston </span></a>Community.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>