num_pages: 203
description: "This small but tightly packed volume is easily the most substantial discussion of speech acts since John Austin's How To Do Things With Words and one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades."-Philosophical Quarterly
language: English
title: Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
titlecomplete: Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
genres: Academic, Essays, American, Language, Philosophy, Linguistics, Theory, Nonfiction, Sociology, Anthropology
ratings_count: 480
publisher: Cambridge University Press