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On Directives

dada20087 on 21. Feb, 2010 — Lang: English

On Directives

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    A strip on some contemporary political events. The joke is based on the meanings of "to direct" and "directive" in everyday language and in pragmatics.

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    fifa If I raise my INDEXICAL & STUFF in a conversation & the paraphrasis is "Go to HELL!", I'm not properly DIRECTING you to that place. I'm simply RECOMMENDING it strongly! We borrow names, pass-
    ports & faces, but for the RIGHT cause. TRUST US!

    Tags:
    directives, indexicals, speech acts, pragmatics, puns
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