This act of uttering a specific form is dwelt upon as a contingent or possible event, not simply as something actually done.
In each of these cases, the speaker performs an action merely by uttering the right words under the right circumstances.
In uttering a request, the speaker appeals to his interlocutor(s) to make the proposition expressed come true.
Thus, in uttering an assertion, the speaker makes himself responsible for the truth of the proposition expressed.
In spoken interaction the user can interrupt, for instance uttering pardon could you repeat that please or thank you.
The main affordance of categorical reference, including naming, is that it can be accomplished with little interactional work - often by uttering a single word.
The social commitment assumed by a speaker uttering a sentence does not stop with the proposition expressed.
Descriptively used negations, like descriptively used positives, are often followed by a clause which provides evidence for the belief expressed in uttering the first clause.
