Doing by Saying: Toward a Theory of Perlocution.

Gaines, Robert N.

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ERIC Number: EJ210732

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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Doing by Saying: Toward a Theory of Perlocution.

Gaines, Robert N.

Quarterly Journal of Speech, v65 n2 p207-17 Apr 1979

Discusses J. L. Austin's treatment of perlocution and extends it to an analysis of five types of perlocution. Proposes a set of conditions necessary and sufficient for consummation of any perlocutionary act. (JMF)

Descriptors: Information Theory, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Speech Communication

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Language: English

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