Myth of Speech Act as a Controlling Category in Pragmatic Analysis
In this short article I point to the limitations of the theory of speech acts, perceived as the controlling element of pragmatic analysis. While admitting that the concept of speech act helps systematize and generalize the analysis at the level of a given, individual utterance, I indicate that su...
Main Author: | Piotr Cap |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2016-06-01
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Series: | Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium |
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Online Access: | https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/13 |
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