Rett's articulated version of the IFH defines exclamation as a speech act with a unique illocutionary force and uses an independent-speech-act characterization to capture the relation among exclamatory forms and expressive meaning.

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Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Framing the dispute: from illocutionary force to emotive assertion

a speech act with a unique illocutionary force

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p5

Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Framing the dispute: from illocutionary force to emotive assertion

a speech act with a unique illocutionary force

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p5

Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Framing the dispute: from illocutionary force to emotive assertion

a speech act with a unique illocutionary force

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p5

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