Speech acts theory has been widely studied in linguistics, but applied into analyzing literature works has been very few. This paper interprets Mark Twain's short novel "Is He Living or Is He Dead" from ...Speech acts theory has been widely studied in linguistics, but applied into analyzing literature works has been very few. This paper interprets Mark Twain's short novel "Is He Living or Is He Dead" from the perspective of the speech acts theory of pragmatics.展开更多
Speech act theory is a significant part in linguistics, and The Great Gatsby is a famous novel in the history of literature.The interpretation of The Great Gatsby is based on three kinds of speech acts, and they are l...Speech act theory is a significant part in linguistics, and The Great Gatsby is a famous novel in the history of literature.The interpretation of The Great Gatsby is based on three kinds of speech acts, and they are locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. Literary language can carry out speech act, and speech act accomplished by literary language can help writers express thought effectively.展开更多
文摘Speech acts theory has been widely studied in linguistics, but applied into analyzing literature works has been very few. This paper interprets Mark Twain's short novel "Is He Living or Is He Dead" from the perspective of the speech acts theory of pragmatics.
文摘Speech act theory is a significant part in linguistics, and The Great Gatsby is a famous novel in the history of literature.The interpretation of The Great Gatsby is based on three kinds of speech acts, and they are locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. Literary language can carry out speech act, and speech act accomplished by literary language can help writers express thought effectively.
