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Publication details [#2560]
Davison, Alice. 1973. Words for things people do with words. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 9 : 114–122.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
A discussion of felicity conditions with respect to performative and descriptive uses of performative verbs. It is shown that descriptions of both successful and unsuccessful acts are subject to felicity conditions.