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Powell, Mava Jo. 1981. The notion of literal meaning in speech act theory. Nottingham Linguistic Circular 10 (1) : 1–23.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

indirect speech act | literal meaning | speech act theory

Annotation

P. argues that no unitary notion of literal meaning exists in speech act theory. Certain underlying assumptions, however, can be deduced from the theory of indirect speech acts.