Speech Act Verbs

Speech Act Verbs is a linguistic category of verbs that designate acts performed through utterances, distinguished by their capacity to express the illocutionary force of a speaker's intention in performing speech acts such as asserting, requesting, or promising.

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2017–2026

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Authors

171

  1. JR
    John R. Searle

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. HH
    Herbert H. Clark

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. PT
    Peter Tiersma

    Loyola Marymount University, United States

    3 publications · 402 citations

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  4. TB
    Thomas B. Carlson

    2 publications · 629 citations

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  5. AF
    Alessandro Ferrara

    European University Institute, Italy

    2 publications · 36 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    21 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Language

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. World Englishes

    WE · 4 publications · 211 citations

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  4. The Philosophical Review

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. California Law Review

    2 publications · 390 citations

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