What is a speech event?

什么是言语事件？

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You begin to infer a context for the text, for instance, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: Who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.

例如，你可以通过判定文本涉及何种类型的语言情景，来推测文章的语境：是谁在说话，对谁说话，何时何地。

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But expressing anger during an event such as a public speech is a tricky tactic that, when executed poorly, can cause a backlash.

但在公开演说这样的活动中表达自己的愤怒，却是一门“技术活”，一旦搞砸了，就会引火烧身。

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It was during this event that Martin Luther King Junior gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Conservative Mr Gove's comments, made in a speech at an event in London last week, have sparked anger.

BBC: Head challenges Michael Gove over 'defeatism' comment

Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee used a keynote speech at the event to launch the World Wide Web Foundation, a group set up to use the web to drive social and economic change, largely in the developing world.

BBC: UN slated for stifling net debate

In a speech Tuesday night at a Montana campaign event, the New York senator suggested Obama is much more likely to lose to McCain in the fall.

CNN: McCain targets Obama for not going to Iraq