From Utterances to Speech Acts
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Kissine Mikhail
This is naturalistic theory of when, how and why our utterances are interpreted as speech acts: assertions, orders or promises.
Most of the time our utterances are automatically interpreted as speech acts: as assertions, conjectures and testimonies; as orders, requests and pleas; as threats, offers and promises. Surprisingly, the cognitive correlates of this essential component of human communication have received little attention. This book fills the gap by providing a model of the psychological processes involved in interpreting and understanding speech acts. The theory is framed in naturalistic terms and is supported by data on language development and on autism spectrum disorders. Mikhail Kissine does not presuppose any specific background and addresses a crucial pragmatic phenomenon from an interdisciplinary perspective. This is a valuable resource for academic researchers and graduate and undergraduate students in pragmatics, semantics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics and philosophy of language.
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.
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.
Date de parution : 08-2014
Ouvrage de 210 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 03-2013
Ouvrage de 210 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
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