From Utterances to Speech Acts

Informationen zum Autor Mikhail Kissine is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His most recent book Imperatives, co-authored with Mark Jary, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. Klappentext This is naturalistic theory of when, how and why our utterances are interpreted as speech acts: assertions, orders or promises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Austin's distinctions revisited; 2. Intentional states and locutionary acts; 3. Constative speech acts; 4. Directive speech acts; 5. Speech acts, autism spectrum disorders and typical development; 6. Commissive speech acts; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Mikhail Kissine, Kissine Mikhail
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107009769
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00976-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc