3. Advice
In their Study, Appiah and Bosiwah (2015) found that most of the threats they have take the form of advice. They conclude that "a threat is born out of an advice" (P.15). In conditional threats, though the speaker threatens the target to do something harmful to him, he also advises the target how to avoid that harmful action by complying to the condition provided. Thus the speaker advises the target to do something to avoid the threatened action. They see that the only difference between both speech acts is that threats are always produced as a reaction to a wrongdoing made to the speaker. On the other hand, an advice is not necessarily a reaction, but can be given by anyone at anytime (Appiah & Bosiwah, 2015). Shuy adds that while threats are beneficial to the speaker, advices are beneficial to the hearer. Moreover, threats are produced from the speaker's perspective while advices are produced from the hearer's perspective. Finally, it is the speaker who controls the outcome in threats while it is controlled by the hearer in advices (Shuy, 1993; 2010).
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prediction
According to Solan and Tiersma (2010), it is difficult to distinguish predictions from threats as the future tense is used to form both. However, there is one difference through which they can be distinguished. In predictions, the speaker expresses his belief that a future action will happen without any form of intervention on his part. In threats, the speaker expresses his commitment to carry out the future action or at least his responsibility for it. In other words, the speaker either does the future action or causes it to happen. During Ronald Regan
In their Study, Appiah and Bosiwah (2015) found that most of the threats they have take the form of advice. They conclude that "a threat is born out of an advice" (P.15). In conditional threats, though the speaker threatens the target to do something harmful to him, he also advises the target how to avoid that harmful action by complying to the condition provided. Thus the speaker advises the target to do something to avoid the threatened action. They see that the only difference between both speech acts is that threats are always produced as a reaction to a wrongdoing made to the speaker. On the other hand, an advice is not necessarily a reaction, but can be given by anyone at anytime (Appiah & Bosiwah, 2015). Shuy adds that while threats are beneficial to the speaker, advices are beneficial to the hearer. Moreover, threats are produced from the speaker's perspective while advices are produced from the hearer's perspective. Finally, it is the speaker who controls the outcome in threats while it is controlled by the hearer in advices (Shuy, 1993; 2010).
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prediction
According to Solan and Tiersma (2010), it is difficult to distinguish predictions from threats as the future tense is used to form both. However, there is one difference through which they can be distinguished. In predictions, the speaker expresses his belief that a future action will happen without any form of intervention on his part. In threats, the speaker expresses his commitment to carry out the future action or at least his responsibility for it. In other words, the speaker either does the future action or causes it to happen. During Ronald Regan