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 | | Broadly, this paper focused on the role of the 'closed' class of grammatical elements in the structuring of sentence semantics, that is, on the semantics of syntax. |
 | | The three forces that Austin had identified are: the locutionary force (the mode in which a speaker presents utterance, including its phonetic form), the illocutionary force (which determines the particular uptake of the utterance -- as command, request, question, etc. |
 | | As per Johnson's reformulation: the locutionary force is that which acts on the sentence-container (in the sense of Reddy), determining the 'shape' of the container. |
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