Marina Sbisà

List of John Benjamins publications for which Marina Sbisà plays a role.

Book series

Titles

Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics

Edited by Marina Sbisà, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 10] 2011. xv, 318 pp.
Subjects Philosophy | Pragmatics | Semantics
Subjects Pragmatics
The paper outlines an analysis of the act of commenting within the author’s Austin-inspired speech-act theoretical framework. The general lines of that framework are concisely expounded, and it is suggested that the act of commenting should be described as belonging to Austin’s Expositives. The… read more
Sbisà, Marina 2022 Analytical philosophyHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 38–50 | Chapter
Sbisà, Marina 2022 Speech act theoryHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1303–1317 | Chapter
Labinaz, Paolo and Marina Sbisà 2021 Chapter 5. Speech acts and the dissemination of knowledge in social networksApproaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and practice, Xie, Chaoqun, Francisco Yus and Hartmut Haberland (eds.), pp. 145–172 | Chapter
This paper analyzes how social network users engaged in discussions under a public post contribute to knowledge dissemination through their verbal behavior in the light of an Austin-based speech-act theoretical framework. We first argue that such a framework can be applied not only to… read more
Labinaz, Paolo and Marina Sbisà 2018 Argumentation as a dimension of discourse: The case of news articlesCognitive Perspectives on Genre, Vergaro, Carla (ed.), pp. 602–630 | Article
The aim of this paper is to explore the status of argumentative discourse. We argue that argumentation can contribute to instances of different discourse genres, regardless of whether it is functional to their purposes. By analyzing examples from the daily press in the light of an approach to… read more
Labinaz, Paolo and Marina Sbisà 2014 Certainty and uncertainty in assertive speech actsCommunicating Certainty and Uncertainty in Medical, Supportive and Scientific Contexts, Zuczkowski, Andrzej, Ramona Bongelli, Ilaria Riccioni and Carla Canestrari (eds.), pp. 31–58 | Article
We begin by considering three main philosophical accounts of assertion, showing that each emphasizes specific aspects of it while leaving others aside, and then proceed to offering a more comprehensive speech-act theoretic account of assertion, which owes much to Austin’s approach to illocutionary… read more
Sbisà, Marina 2012 Classifying illocutionary acts, or, a tale of Theory and PraxisPragmaticizing Understanding: Studies for Jef Verschueren, Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 39–52 | Article
I became interested in the problem of the classification of illocutionary acts in the framework of my uneasiness about the Fact-Value and Theory-Praxis dichotomies. In my decades-long research on it, I defended Austin’s classification and reformulated it, applying my reformulation fruitfully to… read more
Sbisà, Marina 2011 Analytical philosophy: Ordinary language philosophyPhilosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics, Sbisà, Marina, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 11–25 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2011 Analytical philosophy: Ordinary language philosophyHandbook of Pragmatics: 2011 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Miscellaneous
Sbisà, Marina 2011 John L. AustinHandbook of Pragmatics: 2011 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2011 John L. AustinPhilosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics, Sbisà, Marina, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 26–37 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2011 IntroductionPhilosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics, Sbisà, Marina, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2009 Speech act theoryKey Notions for Pragmatics, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 229–244 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2007 How to read AustinPragmatics 17:3, pp. 461–473 | Article
The goal of this paper is a reassessment of the contributions provided by John L. Austin’s book “How to Do Things with Words” to pragmatics. It discusses some assumptions belonging to the received reading of the volume, as regards its aim and structure, the conceptions of illocution and of… read more
Sbisà, Marina and Patrizia Vascotto 2007 How to conceive of the other's point of view: Considerations from a Case Study in TriesteThe Discourse of Europe: Talk and text in everyday life, Millar, Sharon and John Wilson (eds.), pp. 153–171 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2006 Speech act theoryHandbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–19 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2006 Analytical philosophyHandbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–17 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2002 Cognition and narrativity in speech act sequencesRethinking Sequentiality: Linguistics meets conversational interaction, Fetzer, Anita and Christiane Meierkord (eds.), pp. 71–97 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 2000 John L. AustinHandbook of Pragmatics: 1998 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 1995 Analytical philosophyHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 28–36 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 1995 Speech act theoryHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 495–506 | Article
Sbisà, Marina 1992 Speech Acts, Effects and Responses(On) Searle on Conversation: Compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren, Searle, John R., Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren, pp. 101–112 | Article