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 ...

Not every speech act can be a lie. A good definition of lying should be able to draw the right distinctions between speech acts (like promises, assertions, and oaths) that can be lies and speech acts ...

Taking inspiration from Searle's The Logic of Fictional Discourse', this essay presents an argument against different versions of the so-called 'speech act theory of fiction'. In particular, it argues ...

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