Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Lithuanian term or phrase:
kalbėjimo reikšmės veiksmažodis
English translation:
a verb signifying some form of speaking
Added to glossary by
Gintautas Kaminskas
Dec 12, 2012 13:49
11 yrs ago
Lithuanian term
Netherlands
Native in: Russian 
, Lithuanian
Works in: English to Russian, Dutch to Russian, English to Lithuanian, and 2 more.
kalbėjimo reikšmės veiksmažodis
Lithuanian to English
Other
Folklore
traditions
Vienais atvejais prieš replikas yra vartojami kalbėjimo reikšmę turintys veiksmažodžiai (sako, klausia, rėkia ir pan.)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | a verb signifying some form of speaking |
Gintautas Kaminskas
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| 3 | speech act verb |
Inga Jokubauske
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Change log
Mar 22, 2013 09:29: Gintautas Kaminskas Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
6 hrs
Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Australia
Native in Lithuanian
&
English
Australia
«I translate meaning, not just words.»
Native in: Lithuanian , English
Works in: Lithuanian to English, Spanish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
a verb signifying some form of speaking
Sometimes it is not possible to translate 3 words of Lithuanian by 3 words of English!☺
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
27 mins
Inga Jokubauske
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Lithuanian
United Kingdom
No meaning is lost in translation
Native in: Lithuanian 
Works in: English to Lithuanian, Lithuanian to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
speech act verb
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Peer comment(s):
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translations9
: performative speech act verb
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Gintautas Kaminskas
: No native English speaker would ever say "a (performative) speech act verb". It's pidgin English.
As for Anna Wierzbicka and her book – she emigrated from Poland at age 32. Hardly a native English speaker. She made up that phrase just for her book.
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http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/English_speech_act_ver...
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