Essays in speech act theory / [edited by] Daniel Vanderveken, Susumu Kubo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vanderveken, Daniel.

Kubo, Susumu.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 77.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Any study of communication must take into account the nature and role of speech acts in a broad context. This book addresses questions such as:- What do we mean?- How do we say it? and- How is it understood?in the broad context of universal, socio-cultural and psychological issues that bear on human communication. It presents an overview of current issues in speech act theory that are at the center of human and social sciences dealing with language, thought and action, building on John Searle's famous article 'How Performatives Work' (included in this book). The contributions by linguists, psychologists, computer scientists, and philosophers thus address issues of communication that are crucial in conversation analysis, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy, and a general understanding of how we communicate.The book is suitable for courses with an extensive bibliography for further reading and an Index.

Contents:

ESSAYS IN SPEECH ACT THEORY

Editorial page

Title page

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Part I: General Theory

Chapter 2: Universal Grammar and Speech Act Theory

Chapter 3: Verbal Moods and Sentence Moods in the Tradition of Universal Grammar

Chapter 4: How Performatives Work

Chapter 5: Possible Directions of Fit between Mind, Language and the World

Part II: Discourse and Interlocution

Chapter 6: Speech Acts and the logic of mutual understanding

Chapter 7: Utterance acts and speech acts

Chapter 8: An Ascription-Based Theory of Illocutionary Acts

Chapter 9: An approach for modelling and simulating conversations

Part III: Speech Acts in Linguistics

Chapter 10: Illocutionary Morphology and Speech Acts

Chapter 11: Speech-Act Constructions, Illocutionary Forces, and Conventionality

Chapter 12: Speech act theory and the analysis of conversations

Chapter 13: Speech Acts and Relevance Theory

Notes

References

Notes on Contributors

The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-319).

ISBN:

9786612162480

9781282162488

1282162489

9789027298157

9027298157

9789027250933

9027250936