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Publication details [#2554]

Davis, Steven. 1979. Speech acts, performance and competence. Journal of Pragmatics 3 (5) : 497–505.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
competence vs. performance | illocution
Person as a subject
Chomsky, N.
Journal WWW
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Annotation

D. suggests that a slightly altered conception of Chomsky's distinction between competence and performance can be applied to illocutionary acts.