This book merges theory and practical activities to show how research on speech acts can be implemented in EFL teaching.

Did earlier speakers of English use the same speech acts that we use today? Did they use them in the same way? How did they signal speech act values and how did

In Meaning and Speech Acts Daniel Vanderveken further develops the logic of speech acts and the logic of propositions to construct a general semantic theory of

In the study of language, as in any other systematic study, there is no neutral terminology. Every technical term is an expression of the assumptions and theore

Theatrical Speech Acts: Performing Language explores the significance and impact of words in performance, probing how language functions in theatrical scenarios