This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to
speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of
critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary
analysis. Speech-act theory emphasizes the social reality created
when speakers agree that their language is performative - Austin's
term for utterances like: "we hereby declare" or "I promise" that
produce rather than describe what they name. In contrast to formal
linguistics, speech-act theory insists on language's active
prominence in the organization of collective life. The first
section of the text concentrates on Austin's determination to
situate language in society by demonstrating the social conventions
manifest in language. The second and third parts of the book
discuss literary critics' responses to speech-act theory's
socialisation of language, which have both opened new
understandings of textuality in general and stimulated new
interpretations of individual works. This book will be of interest
to students of linguistics and literary theory.
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