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. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and literary theory.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2018-01-09
Language: English
Number of Pages: 186
Edition: 1
Volume: 20
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..