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Publication details [#52967]

Blanco Salgueiro, Antonio. 2010. Promises, threats, and the foundations of speech act theory. Pragmatics 20 (2) : 213–228.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

illocution | promising | speech act | speech act theory | threatening

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study argues that the joint exploration of promises and threats as similar speech acts, suggests the suitability of a holistic theory of illocutionary acts.