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Tsohatzidis, Savas L. 1994. Foundations of speech act theory: Philosophical and linguistic perspectives. Routledge. viii + 500 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This collection of papers of very diversified scope and focus, presents an overview of speech act theories and emphasizes strengths and weaknesses of the illocutionary act. The three major sections of the book deal with speech acts in relation to semantic theory, pragmatic theory and grammatical structure.

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