Speech acts and literary theory

This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary analysis. Speech-act theory emphasizes the social reality created when speakers agree that their langua...

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Main Author: Petrey, Sandy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2017
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