Abstracts Introduction Communication is a broad area. A lot of basic questions concerning the theorectical foundations of these two approaches are not yet generally agreed upon. Hence, the focal point of the workshop should not be applications of these theories, but theoretical developments. According to Grice communicative goals are perlocutionary goals. In contrast, Speech Act Theory assumes that the primary goal of a communicative action is an illocutionary goal.
Many people think so, but there is a lot of disagreement how to do it exactly.
These are just some of the many questions we are interested in. We are sure that there will be equally interesting answers in Bielefeld.