Pragmatics, the study of language in context, extends beyond the literal meanings of words to include the subtle inferences that speakers and listeners routinely make. A central phenomenon in this ...
Speech Act Theory, rooted in the seminal work of Austin and further developed by Searle, investigates how language is not only used to present information but also to perform actions. This framework ...
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