The organizing property of communication:
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Main Author: Cooren, François 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins ©2000
Series:Pragmatics & beyond 65
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Université de Montréal, 1995)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and indexes
THE ORGANIZING PROPERTY OF COMMUNICATION; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Speech Act Theory; Chapter 2. Critiques Addressed Toward Speech Act Theory; Chapter 3. Narrativity and Speech Acts; Chapter 4. A Semiotic Model of the Illocutionary Act; Chapter 5. The Semiotic Model of Perlocutionary Acts; Chapter 6. The Organizing Property of Communication; Conclusion; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.
What is an organization? What are the building blocks that ultimately constitute this social form, so pervasive in our daily life? Like Augustine facing the problem of time, we all know what an organization is, but we seem unable to explain it. This book brings an original answer by mobilizing concepts traditionally reserved to linguistics, analytical philosophy, and semiotics. Based on Algirdas Julien Greimas' semio-narrative model of action and Jacques Derrida's concept of écriture, a reconceptualization of speech act theory is proposed in which communication is treated as an act of delegati
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 272 pages)
ISBN:1556199430
9027299048
9781556199431
9789027299048

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