Speech acts and conversational interaction/

Main Author: Geis, Michael L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, [England]: Cambridge University Press, c1995
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.
Contents: 1. The nature of speech acts -- 2. Meaning and force -- 3. Thestructure of communicative interactions -- 4. Interactional effects --5. Indirect speech acts -- 6. Conventions of use -- 7. The structure ofconversation -- 8. Utterance generation.
Physical Description:xiv, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0521464994