The distinction between sentential force and illocutionary force shows that a sentence's conventional form-associated force need not equal the force inferred from speaker intention.

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

the illocutionary force in many cases is not equivalent to the sentential force.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p3

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

the illocutionary force in many cases is not equivalent to the sentential force.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p3

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

the illocutionary force in many cases is not equivalent to the sentential force.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2024-2022#unit-1-p3

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