Speech-act theory is the interdisciplinary study of the wide range of things we do with words. Originally stemming from the influential work of twentieth-centur
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 mea
'This small but tightly packed volume is easily the most substantial discussion of speech acts since John Austin's How To Do Things With Words and one of the mo
A direct successor to Searle's Speech Acts (C.U.P. 1969), Expression and Meaning refines earlier analyses and extends speech-act theory to new areas including i
This book demonstrates the presence of literature within speech act theory and the utility of speech act theory in reading literary works. Though the founding t