(On) Searle on conversation / by John R. Searle, et al. ; compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Searle, John R.

Contributor:

Parret, Herman.

Verschueren, Jef.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 21.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation.

Pragmatics.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At an international conference held in 1981 at the Universidada Estudual of Campinas (Brazil), a controversial lecture was given by John Searle which presented two conceptual theses: that conversation does not have an intrinsic structure about which a relevant theory can be formulated, and that conversations are not subject to (constitutive) rules. This lecture was first published in 1986 under the title "Notes on Conversation", and was revised several times afterwards. The present volume offers the most recent version. Because of the importance of the article for conversation analysis, and fo

Contents:

(ON) SEARLE ON CONVERSATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; (ON) SEARLE ON CONVERSATION: AN INTRODUCTION; CONVERSATION; THE ACT IN QUESTION; ON THE PRAGMATIC STRUCTURE OF CONVERSATION; SEARLE ON CONVERSATION AND STRUCTURE; CONVERSATION: STRUCTURE OR PROCESS?; ON THE STRUCTURE OF CONVERSATION AS NEGOTIATION; SPEECH ACTS, EFFECTS AND RESPONSES; TO SEARLE ON CONVERSATION: A NOTE IN RETURN; THE DISPREFERRED OTHER; CONVERSATION RECONSIDERED; INDEX OF NAMES; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22228-0

90-272-8291-9

9786613222282

OCLC:

742333671