Pragmatic Paradigms in Professional Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of Speech Act Theory and Gricean Pragmatics
This study presents a comparative analysis of Speech Act Theory (Austin, 1962; Searle, 1969) and Gricean Pragmatics (Grice, 1975) as frameworks for interpreting institutional workplace discourse. Using a naturally occurring transcribed interaction from the Hadfield Institute involving three administrative staff members...