The Scene Of Linguistic Action And Its Perspectivization By Speak, Talk, Say, And Tell Speak, Talk, Say, And Tell Speak, Talk, Say And Tell

The four papers presented in this volume are corpus-based investigations into the meaning of the verbs speak , talk , say and tell . More specifically they want to explore how the scene of linguistic action has been put into perspective by these four high-frequency verbs. Introduction -- Framing The Scene Of Linguistic Action By Means Of Speak / Emma Vorlat -- Talk: Linguistic Action Perspectivized As Discourse / René Dirven -- Say: Focus On The Message / Louis Goossens -- Aspects Of The Linguistic Action Scene With Tell / Yvan Putseys -- Conclusion. By René Dirven ... [et Al.]. Cover Title: Speak, Talk, Say, And Tell. Bibliography: P. [183]-186.