This paper focuses on the performative character of fictional language. While assuming that all speaking is a form of acting, it aims to shed light on the nature of fictional, and particularly literary, speech acts. To this aim, relevant input can be found in (a) the discussion of the ontological status of fictional entities and of their constitution and in (b) the inquiry into the interaction between author and receiver of a fictional work. Based on the critical assessment of different approaches in the debate on speech-act theory and literary fiction, the article first clarifies why the study of the performative character of fictional language cannot be reduced to either the discussion of the status of singular speech acts in the fiction or the inquiry into the pretend or unserious nature of fictional speech acts formulated by an author. While referring to Roman Ingarden’s, Jean-Paul Sartre’s, and Wolfgang Iser’s work, it subsequently argues that such a performative character should be understood as a specific serious affordance—or appeal—to imagine and thus to participate in the constitution of the fictional world.

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想象的现象学与虚构语言的语用学

本文重点研究虚构语言的述行特征。虽然假设所有的说话都是一种表演形式，但它旨在阐明虚构的，尤其是文学的言语行为的本质。为此，可以在 (a) 对虚构实体的本体论地位及其构成的讨论中以及 (b) 对虚构作品作者和接受者之间互动的调查中找到相关的投入。基于对言语行为理论和文学小说争论中不同方法的批判性评估，本文首先阐明了为什么对虚构语言的表演性的研究不能简化为单一言语行为在文学中的地位的讨论。虚构或对作者虚构的言语行为的伪装或不严肃性质的调查。