Contents
Introduction: The Empirical-Conceptual Approach
The Lexicalization of Linguistic Action and its Relation to Literacy
Derivational Relationships and Lexical Analysis: An Examination of Quechua Speech Act Verbs
Speech Act Verbs, Linguistic Action Verbs and Delocutivity
Reported Speech in Navajo Myth Narratives
Performative Verbs in Modern Greek and Their Syntactical Complements
Dealing with Linguistic Action Verbs in Depth
Some Basic Linguistic Action Verbs of Egyptian Arabic and Israeli Hebrew
Metapragmatics and Universals of Linguistic Action
References
Author Index
Subject Index
