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Tanaka, Ronald. 1972. Action and meaning in literary theory. Journal of Literary Semantics 1 : 41–56.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

literary theory | speech act theory | utterance meaning

Person as a subject

Grice, P.H. | Searle, J.R.

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JLSE/html

Annotation

T. suggests that the notions of action and utterance meaning are central to a definition of literature. He discusses the notion utterance meaning, Grice's explanation of meaning in terms of intention and Searle's notion of speech acts, and their relevance to a theory of literature.