Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
7. 1. Speech Act Theory 11
8. 2. Critiques Addressed toward Speech Act Theory 35
9. 3. Narrativity and Speech Acts 57
10. PART II. TOWARD A MODEL OF THE ORGANIZING PROPERTY OF COMMUNICATION
11. 4. The Semiotic Model of Illocutionary Acts 81
12. 5. The Semiotic Model of Perlocutionary Acts 137
13. 6. The Organizing Property of Communication 171
14. Conclusion 217
15. Notes 223
16. References 243
17. Author Index 255
18. Subject Index 259