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Streeck, Jurgen – Discourse Processes, 1980
Outlines some problems that emerged when speech act theory was applied to the analysis of natural discourse, traces these problems to basic flaws or misconceptions in J. R. Searle's theory, and proposes an alternative view of speech acts within the complex organization of discourse processes. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis

Ortony, Andrew – Discourse Processes, 1987
Critically examines papers by Wellman and Estes, Olson and Torrance, and Hall and Nagy. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures