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Publication details [#23417]

Davis, Steven. 1984. Speech acts and action theory. Journal of Pragmatics 8 (4) : 469–487.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

action theory

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Annotation

The author reviews A.I.Goldman's `multiplier theory' and J.Kim's `unifier theory', both theories of social action. He then relates this discussion to the illocutionary and perlocutionary acts.