Chapter 4. How Performatives Work

Searle, John R.

doi:10.1075/pbns.77.05sea

In:Essays in Speech Act Theory
Edited by Daniel Vanderveken and Susumu Kubo
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 77] 2002
► pp. 85–107

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Chapter 4. How Performatives Work

John R. Searle

Published online: 21 December 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.77.05sea

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