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Any study of communication must take into account the nature and role of speech acts in a broad context. This book addresses questions such as: - What do we mea
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Linguistic Communication and Speech Acts
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"The work of Bach and Harnish represents an able attempt by a philosopher and a linguist respectively to restore some sorely needed naturalistic assumptions to
Speech Acts Across Cultures
Language: en
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Authors: Susan Gass
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This book investigates the notion of Speech Act from a cross-cultural perspective. The starting point for this book is the assumption that speech acts are reali