The illocutionary-force hypothesis treats exclamations as involving a dedicated operator and commonly distinguishes descriptive from expressive content.

Evidence (3)

Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Rebutting the non-assertiveness diagnostics

Exclamatives are often considered structures that are associated with a dedicated illocutionary operator, which instantiates the exclamation speech act.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-2-p1

Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Rebutting the non-assertiveness diagnostics

Exclamatives are often considered structures that are associated with a dedicated illocutionary operator, which instantiates the exclamation speech act.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-2-p1

Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion — Rebutting the non-assertiveness diagnostics

Exclamatives are often considered structures that are associated with a dedicated illocutionary operator, which instantiates the exclamation speech act.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-2-p1

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