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| Summary: | Any study of communication must take into account the nature and role of speech acts in a broad context. This book addresses questions such as:- What do we mean?- How do we say it? and- How is it understood?in the broad context of universal, socio-cultural and psychological issues that bear on human communication. It presents an overview of current issues in speech act theory that are at the center of human and social sciences dealing with language, thought and action, building on John Searle's famous article 'How Performatives Work' (included in this book). The contributions by linguists, psy.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 324 pages) |
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| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319). |
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| ISBN: | 9789027298157
9027298157
9781556198359
1556198353
9781556198366
1556198361
1282162489
9781282162488
9786612162480
6612162481 |
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| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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| Action Note: | digitized |
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