Essays in Speech Act Theory
Editors
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, psychologists, computer scientists, and philosophers thus address issues of communication that are crucial in conversation analysis, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy, and a general understanding of how we communicate.
The book is suitable for courses with an extensive bibliography for further reading and an Index.
- 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, psychologists, computer scientists, and philosophers thus address issues of communication that are crucial in conversation analysis, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy, and a general understanding of how we communicate.
The book is suitable for courses with an extensive bibliography for further reading and an Index.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 77] 2002. vi, 345 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. IntroductionDaniel Vanderveken and Susumu Kubo | pp. 1–21
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Part I. General Theory
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Chapter 2. Universal Grammar and Speech Act TheoryDaniel Vanderveken | pp. 25–62
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Chapter 3. Verbal Mood and Sentence Moods in the Tradition of Universal GrammarAndré Leclerc | pp. 63–84
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Chapter 4. How Performatives WorkJohn R. Searle | pp. 85–107
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Chapter 5. Possible Directions of Fit between Mind, Language and the WorldCandida J. de Sousa Melo | pp. 109–117
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Part II. Discourse and Interlocution
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Chapter 6. Speech Acts and the logic of mutual understandingAlain Trognon | pp. 121–133
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Chapter 7. Utterance acts and speech actsSteven Davis | pp. 135–150
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Chapter 8. An Ascription-Based Theory of Illocutionary ActsTomoyuki Yamada | pp. 151–174
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Chapter 9. An approach for modelling and simulating conversationsBernard Moulin and Daniel Rousseau | pp. 175–205
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Part III. Speech Acts in Linguistics
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Chapter 10. Illocutionary Morphology and Speech ActsSusumu Kubo | pp. 209–224
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Chapter 11. Speech-Act Constructions, Illocutionary Forces, and ConventionalityMasa-aki Yamanashi | pp. 225–238
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Chapter 12. Speech act theory and the analysis of conversationJacques Moeschler | pp. 239–261
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Chapter 13. Speech Acts and Relevance TheoryMarc Dominicy and Nathalie Franken | pp. 263–283
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Notes | pp. 285–301
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Notes on Contributors | pp. 321–324
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Subject Index | pp. 325–341
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Name Index | pp. 343–345
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Subjects
Philosophy
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General