Title Introducing performative pragmatics / Douglas Robinson

Published Abongdon, [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description viii, 258 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. Metaphors of language -- 2. Histories of linguistics -- 3. Performatives : words that transform reality -- 4. Types of speech act -- 5. Creating context -- 6. Taking turns -- 7. Manipulating maxims -- 8. Divergent maxims -- 9. Conversational invocature Notes Includes index Subject Pragmatics. Performative (Philosophy) Speech acts (Linguistics) Conversation analysis. LC no. 2005006741 ISBN 0415371872 pb 0415371880 hb

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