(On) Searle on Conversation: Compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren: 21 (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series) - Hardcover

Searle, John R.; Parret, Herman; Verschueren, Jef

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027250332 ISBN 13: 9789027250339

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1992

Synopsis

At an international conference held in 1981 at the Universidada Estudual of Campinas (Brazil), a controversial lecture was given by John Searle which presented two conceptual theses: that conversation does not have an intrinsic structure about which a relevant theory can be formulated, and that conversations are not subject to (constitutive) rules. This lecture was first published in 1986 under the title “Notes on Conversation”, and was revised several times afterwards. The present volume offers the most recent version. Because of the importance of the article for conversation analysis, and for pragmatics in general, the editors have put together Searle's target article, along with eight original comments. The volume closes with a 'reply to replies' by Searle. In sociolinguistic studies, intralingual code-switching has been given less attention than most other areas, and linguists' attitudes towards the use of non-standard varieties still often suffer from fallacies of prescriptivism. Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists.

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Synopsis

This controversial lecture at an international conference held in 1981 at the Universidada Estudual of Campinas, Brazil was given by John Searle in which he presented two conceptual theses: that conversation doesn't have an intrinsic structure about which a relevant theory can be formulated and that conversations are not subject to (constitutive) rules. The lecture was first published in 1986 under the title, "Notes on Conversation" and was revised several times afterwards. The present volume offers the most recent version. Because of the importance of the article for conversation analysis, and for pragmatists in general, the editors have put together Searle's target article along with eight original comments. The volume closes with a "reply to replies" by Searle and is completed by indices of names and of subjects.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027250332
• ISBN 13: 9789027250339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160