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Pratt, Mary Louise. 1977. Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse. Indiana UP. xix + 236 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | implicature | literary language | speech act theory

Annotation

P. argues that it is a fallacy to believe in a strict separation between literary and ordinary language. Therefore she proposes a framework for discussing literary discourse in terms of the notions speech act, cooperation and implicature, which have traditionally been used to describe ordinary language.

Reviewed by

Carter, Ronald A. 1979. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Fotion, Nicholas G. 1980. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Enkvist, Nils Erik. 1980. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Ong, Walter J. 1978. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Margolis, Joseph. 1977. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Todd, Alexandra Dundas. 1978. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Hendricks, William O. 1979. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Bottoni, L. 1980. Review of $Toward a speech act theory of literary discourse.

Aarts, F.G.A.M. 1977. Beyond a speech-act theory of literary discourse.