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Word Order Change in Icelandic: From Ov to Vo (Linguistics Today,)
Word Order Change in Icelandic From Ov to Vo - Linguistics Today, Author:Thorbjorg Hroarsdottir, Herman Parret, Jef Verschueren This controversial lecture at an international conference held in 1981 at the Universidada Estudual of Campinas, Brazil was given by John Searle in which he presented two conceptual theses: that conversation doesn't have an intrinsic structure about which a relevant theory can be formulated and that conversations are not subject to (constitutive... more ») rules. The lecture was first published in 1986 under the title, "Notes on Conversation" and was revised several times afterwards. The present volume offers the most recent version. Because of the importance of the article for conversation analysis, and for pragmatists in general, the editors have put together Searle's target article along with eight original comments. The volume closes with a "reply to replies" by Searle and is completed by indices of names and of subjects.« less