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Publication details [#20737]

Rosaldo, Michelle Z. 1982. The things we do with words: Ilongot speech acts and speech act theory in philosophy. Language in Society 11 : 203–237.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

speech act | speech act theory

Language as a subject

Ilongot

Person as a subject

Searle, J.R.

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Analysis of speech acts in Ilongot (Philippines). In the process of describing Ilongot ways of speaking, the author also points out some problematic areas in the Theory of Speech Acts, as formulated by J. Searle.

Reprints

Rosaldo, Michelle Z. 1990. The things we do with words: Ilongot speech acts and speech act theory in philosophy. In Carbaugh, Donal. Communication rules in `Donahue' discourse. In : 119–149. : 373–407.