Abstract
The first half of this article discusses some everyday problems in interpreting language acts. These problems are caused partly by the distancing effect of various media (writing, television, etc.) in which language may be conveyed, as opposed to face-to-face spoken interaction; and have to do mainly with the interpretation of propositional and illocutionary commitment. The second half of the article discusses why speech act theory has failed to provide a satisfactory analysis of such interpretative problems; and discusses the kind of model of the relationship between a speaker/writer, audience and text which is necessary if such real-life examples are to be satisfactorily explained.
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