Activity types and pragmatic acts
Article outline
- 1.A bit of history
- 2.From speech activity to social situation
- 3.“Indirect” speech acts: Existential problems?
- 4.From indirect speech acts to pragmatic acts
- 5.Practs and IPRAs
- 6.Negotiation in Hebron A. D. 3000: A pragmeme at work
- 7.Concluding remarks
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Notes
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References
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Appendix
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