TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Harras, Gisela
A1  - Winkler, Edeltraud
ED  - Martin, Willy
ED  - Meijs, Willem
ED  - Moerland, Margreet
ED  - ten Pas, Elsemiek
ED  - Sterkenburg, Piet van
ED  - Vossen, Piek
T1  - A model for describing speech act verbs. The semantic base of a polyfunctional dictionary
T2  - Proceedings of the 6th EURALEX International Congress
N2  - In this paper we present a new approach to lexicographical design for the description of German speech act verbs. This approach is based on an action-theoretical semantic conception. The several conditions for linguistic action provide the basis for the elaboration of the central semantic features. The systematic relationship of these features is reflected in the organization of a lexical database which allows various possibilities of access to different types of lexical information.

In the following paper we shall give an outline of the semantic framework for describing speech act verbs, i. e. verbs of communication, with the practical goal of a semantical database for a (dictionary of) synonymy of German speech act verbs which enables the user not only to find a list of synonymous verbs but also enables him to gain an insight into the semantic relations between the words.
The semantic framework is based on 

(i) a set of conditions for performing speech acts as the relevant domain of reference 

(ii) the introduction of a notion of situation, or better type of situation

The performative as well as the descriptive use of the verbs can be reduced to their fundamental dependency on the situations in which they are used: on the one hand with regard to the possibility of the action itself, and on the other hand with regard to the possibility of their designation. For both ways of use the relevant aspects of the situation constitute the necessary conditions.
KW  - Verb
KW  - Sprechakt
KW  - Synonym
KW  - Semantik
KW  - Wörterbuch
Y1  - 1994
U6  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-47106
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-47106
SN  - 90-900-7537-2
SB  - 90-900-7537-2
SP  - 440
EP  - 448
PB  - EURALEX
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -