Speech acts and conversational interaction / Michael L. Geis.
"This study proposes a new theory of speech acts, Dynamic Speech Act Theory. It is predicated on the assumption that speech act theory, if it is to be of genuine empirical and theoretical significance, must be embedded within a general theory of conversational competence capable of accounting f...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Edition: | Digitally printed 1st pbk. version. |
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Table of contents |
| Summary: | "This study proposes a new theory of speech acts, Dynamic Speech Act Theory. It is predicated on the assumption that speech act theory, if it is to be of genuine empirical and theoretical significance, must be embedded within a general theory of conversational competence capable of accounting for how we do things with words in naturally occurring conversation, and it synthesizes traditional speech act theory, conversation analysis, and artificial intelligence research in natural language processing."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511554451 9780511554452 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511554452 |