# Indirect speech acts (Linguistics)

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  "title": "Indirect speech acts (Linguistics)",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
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Here are entered works on utterances that do not explicitly state the speaker's intended meaning, and instead rely on the hearer to infer it. Works on speech that paraphrases what others have said are entered under [Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse.]

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021001549

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