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Publication details [#23005]
D'Andrade, R.G. and M. Wish. 1985. Speech act theory in quantitative research on interpersonal behavior. Discourse Processes 8 (2) : 229–259. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
After reviewing existing coding schemes for speech act classification (Bales, Dore, Labov, Fanshel), the authors propose their own scheme, designed to investigate correpsondences between speech acts and adjectival `dimensions' descriptive of interpersonal behavior.