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Publication details [#2254]

Cohen, L. Jonathan. 1974. Speech acts. Current Trends in Linguistics 12 : 173–208.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

speech act | speech act theory

Person as a subject

Austin, J.L. | Searle, J.R. | Strawson, P.F.

Annotation

A brief overview of the main issues in speech act theory, Austin's account, Strawson's and Searle's modifications of that account, followed by some considerations on how the study of speech acts should be undertaken.

Translations

Kussmaul, Paul. 1980. Sprechakte. In Kussmaul, Paul, ed. Sprechakttheorie: Ein Reader. Athenaion. pp. 9–52.