ext_1799 ([identity profile] alixtii.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] alixtii 2007-10-29 09:52 am (UTC)

Well, when I curse (insofar as I do), the idea being conveyed is usually something along the lines of "I am displeased with the universe." Although I guess to my mother it's more "I am violating a cultural taboo," even if I'm not actually violating a cultural taboo. But even that seems like forcing propositional content on a speech act which just by nature isn't propositional.

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