Publications
Publication details [#4367]
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Person as a subject
Annotation
An attempt to give a 'speech act schema' for linguistic communication (introduced in Bach and Harnish (1979: 'Linguistic communication and speech acts')) which is based on a system of inferential strategies some descriptive content with respect to English. It is suggested that correlations of form, function and fit play a central role in accounting for understanding literal and direct communication.