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Cognitive and Pragmatic Aspects of Speech Actions: 33 New Edition
Author(s): Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 2014
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 271 pages
- ISBN-10: 3631641567
- ISBN-13: 9783631641569
Book Description
This volume contains papers which reflect current discussions in the study of speech actions. The collection was inspired by the papers presented at Meaning, Context and Cognition, the first international conference integrating cognitive linguistics and pragmatics initiated by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics of the University of Łódź (Poland) in 2011 and held annually. The necessarily heterogeneous field of research into speech actions is approached by the contributors from various perspectives and with focus on different types of data. The papers have been grouped into four sections which subsequently emphasise theoretical linguistics issues, lexical pragmatics, speech act-theoretic problems, and cognitive processes.
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About the Author
Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Łódź (Poland). Her research interests are primarily in the nature of meaning in natural language, theories of speech action and performativity, translation, and the relation between language and the law.
