Speech act theory and the teaching of literature

• Main Author: Keating, Robert M.
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: Speech acts (Linguistics); Literature > Study and teaching; Searle; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses2/id/51806

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1984. Education Bibliography: leaves 60-65. Speech act theory is a relatively recent subject of study in the philosophy of language and in the philosophy of the mind. The movement appears to have commenced in 1962 with J.L. Austin's How to do...