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Performative Linguistics: Speaking and Translating as Doing Things with Words

By Douglas Robinson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
0415300363, 9780415300360, 0203222857, 9780203222850, 9780203297971
Open Library ID
OL7490602M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2345393 bytes)
Pages
273\273
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

In this book, Douglas Robinson introduces a new distinction between 'constative' and 'performative' linguistics, arguing that Austin's distinction can be used to understand linguistic methodologies. Constative linguistics, Robinson suggests, includes methodologies aimed at 'freezing' language as an abstract sign system, while performative linguistics explores how language is used or 'performed' in those speech situations. Robinson then tests his hypothesis on the act of translation. Drawing on a range of language scholars and theorists, Performative Linguistics consolidates the many disparate action-approaches to language into a new paradigm for the study of language.

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