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speech act theory

Theory of meaning that holds that the meaning of linguistic expressions can be explained in terms of the rules governing their use in performing various speech acts (e.g., admonishing, asserting, commanding, exclaiming, promising, questioning, requesting, warning). In contrast to theories that maintain that linguistic expressions have meaning in virtue of their contribution to the truth conditions of sentences where they occur, it explains linguistic meaning in terms of the use of words and sentences in the performance of speech acts. Some exponents claim that the meaning of a word is nothing but its contribution to the nature of the speech acts that can be performed by using it. Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin provided important stimuli for the theory's development.

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To support observation in the pragmatic view, this approach adopts the Speech Act Theory (Austin, 1962) in communicational requirements modelling because this theory explains how people in a society use a language for talking about events in the external world as observers and for communication act within the world as actors in the society (Agerfalk and Erisson, 2004).

A dialogue act modelling approach to web-based system modelling by Liang, Ying / Computing and Information Systems

Marie Nelson is also concerned with Tolkien's masterful use of language; in her article we consider the application of speech act theory to Tolkien's "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" and its source, "The Battle of Maldon," and how different speech acts propel the action of each story.

Editorial by Croft, Janet Brennan / Mythlore

perspective, many Americans dislike attempts by common law jurisdictions to extend their personal jurisdiction to American defendants whose alleged defamatory speech acts occurred over the Internet and were not targeted towards those jurisdictions.

Does the First Amendment Always Protect Us Media by Kadence Buchanan / Law community

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