The concept of action / N.J. Enfield, University of Sydney, Jack Sidnell, University of Toronto.

"When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Authors:	Enfield, N. J., 1966- (Author), Sidnell, Jack (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:	New departures in anthropology.
Subjects:	Social interaction. Anthropological linguistics. Sociolinguistics.