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Publication details [#17878]

Geis, Michael L. 1996. Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence. Cambridge University Press. xiv + 248 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
computational linguistics | conversational competence | speech act | speech act theory

Annotation

This book lays the foundation for a computational model of conversational competence, influenced by traditional speech act theory, yet abandoning its formal semantic and syntactic principles in favor of a completely pragmatic account of communicative sequences.

Reviewed by

Henry, Richard. 1998. Review of $Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence.
Shahin, Kimary N. 1999. Review of $Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence.
Roth, Andrew L. 1998. Review of $Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence.
Tiersma, Peter. 1998. Review of $Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence.
Verschueren, Jef. 1998. Review of $Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction: Toward a Theory of Conversational Competence.