Toward Linguistic Responsibility: The Harm of Speech Acts

Emanuele Costa
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In this short article, I analyze forms of public speech by individuals in positions of power through a framework based on Austin’s theory of speech acts. I argue that because of the illocutionary and perlocutionary force attached to such individuals’ offices and their public figures, their public speech qualifies for being framed as speech acts—which are not covered by even a broad understanding of freedom of speech or right to privacy. Therefore, I formulate a call for the assess- ment of public speech by individuals in positions of power through a framework based on “linguistic responsibility.” This framework accounts for the peculiar power structure that such individuals can and do exploit to bring about considerable real-world effects through what could be understood as an exploitation of their speech act power.
走向语言责任:言语行为的危害
在这篇短文中,我通过一个基于奥斯汀言语行为理论的框架来分析处于权力地位的个人的公共话语形式。我认为,由于这些人的办公室和他们的公众人物所具有的言外之意和言外之意的力量,他们的公开言论有资格被定义为言论行为——这甚至不包括在对言论自由或隐私权的广泛理解中。因此,我提出了一种呼吁,即通过基于“语言责任”的框架来评估处于权力地位的个人的公共演讲。这个框架解释了这种特殊的权力结构,这些人可以而且确实利用这种权力结构,通过利用他们的言语行为权力来带来相当大的现实影响。
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