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Pragmatic perspectives on language and linguistics Volume I, Speech actions in theory and applied studies / edited by Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Witczak-Plisiecka, Iwona.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pragmatics.
Speech acts (Linguistics).
Speech acts (Linguistics)--Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (525 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Speech Actions in Theory and Applied Studies, the first of the two volumes of Pragmatic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics, brings together twenty essays which critically examine linguistic action and explore ways in which it can be accounted for. The articles presented in this collection are all focused on "doing things with words", but in most cases do not subscribe to speech act theory in the tradition of John L. Austin and John R. Searle. The linking thread through the volume is no...
Contents:
pt. I. Speech action in theory
pt. II. Case studies and experimental pragmatics
pt. III. Pragmatics, grammar, and language pedagogy.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
Contains:
Speech actions in theory and applied studies.
ISBN:
9786612467066
1-282-46706-9
1-4438-1996-4
OCLC:
643805095

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