THE LANGUAGE OF SOCIAL ACTS

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Abstract
This paper describes the derivation of a taxonomy of interpersonal verbs which are used for the description of social acts. Starting from a theoretical delineation of the domain of social acts, a comprehensive set of 1330 interpersonal verbs was selected from a Dutch dictionary. Both the rationale of the selection criteria for this set, and the reliability of these criteria are discussed and the successive steps in the stocktaking-procedures and some adaptations of the original set are described. Finally, the procedure for structuring the domain of verbs is explained. Suggestions are made for the use of the resulting method for the description of social acts, consisting of 45 verb scales

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