Normativity and variety of speech actions / edited by Maciej Witek and Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witek, Maciej, 1973- editor.

Witczak-Plisiecka, Iwona, editor.

Series:

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 112.

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; volume 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

vi, 241 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

Normativity and Variety of Speech Actions' embraces papers focused on the performative dimension of language. While all texts in the volume recognize speech primarily as a type of action, the collection is indicative of the multifaceted nature of J.L. Austin's original reflection, which invited many varied research programmes. The problems addressed in the volume are discussed with reference to data culled from natural conversation, mediated political discourse, law, and literary language, and include normativity, e.g. types of norms operative in speech acts, speaker's intentions and commitments, speaker-addressee coordination, but also speech actions in discursive practice, in literal and non-literal language, performance of irony, presupposition, and meaningful significant silence.

Contents:

Part 1 Normative Aspects of Speech Actions

1 Varieties of Speech Act Norms p. 23 / Marina Shisà

2 Commitment and Obligation in Speech Act Theory p. 51 / Brian Ball

3 Coordination and Norms in Illocutionary Interaction p. 66 / Maciej Witek

Part 2 Varieties of Speech Actions

4 Speech Acts in Discourse p. 101 / Anita Fetzer

5 Silence as Speech Action, Silence as Non-speech Action. A Study of Some Silences in Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande p. 122 / Dennis Kurzon

6 The Dynamics of Conversation: Fixing the Force in Irony. A Case Study p. 140 / Cristina Corredor

7 Forms of Aggressive Speech Actions in Public Communication p. 159 / Milada Hirschová

8 A Theory That Beats the Theory? Lineages, the Growth of Signs, and Dynamic Legal Interpretation p. 180 / Marcin Matczak

9 Are Implicative Verbs Presupposition Triggers? Evidence from Polish p. 206 / Mateusz Wlodarczyk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004366503

9004366504

OCLC:

1054393318