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Relations Between Preferential Looking to Synchronous Audiovisual Speech and Expressive Language in Infants With Autistic and Non-Autistic Siblings. [PDF]

open access: yesMind Brain Educ
Clark SM   +11 more
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Speech Act Theory

open access: yes, 2009
The paper tackles the issue of Speech Act Theory, which accounts for an act that a speaker performs when pronouncing an utterance, which thus serves a function in communication. Since speech acts are the tools that allow us to interact in real-life situations, uttering a speech act requires not only the knowledge of the language but also its ...
BAICCHI, ANNALISA
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A speech act lexicon: an alternative use of speech act theory in information systems

Information Systems Journal, 1996
Abstract. Speech act theory focuses on pragmatic language qualities of making assertions, directions, promises, declarations and expressions. However, assigning speech acts to one of a few categories is not without controversy. The process is context dependent and, hence, individuals with divergent contextual views may categorize speech acts ...
Marius A. Janson, Carson C. Woo
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