Consider the question: "Can you pass me that book?" Structurally, it is an interrogative clause, but what is its illocutionary act (force) in everyday interaction?

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Consider the question:  "Can you pass me that book?"  Structurally, it is an interrogative clause, but what is its  illocutionary act (force)  in everyday interaction?

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A directive functioning as a request

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A declaration altering a legal state

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An expressive asserting physical capability

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A constative verifying a factual truth

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