Expression and Meaning: Research on Speech Acts

Author: (USA) Sel
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Publish Date: 2002-05-10
Features: The first batch of 54 titles in the "Contemporary Collection of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics" has achieved great success since its release in September 2000. The initial print run of 5,000 sets was in high demand, and a second print run of 6,000 sets began in October. Building on the success of the first batch of 54 titles, FLTRP now introduces the second batch of 58 titles. The second batch of the collection has five key features:
1. It consists of 58 English-language original works, covering 33 disciplines, an increase from the original 26. The newly added disciplines include the history of linguistics, philosophy of language, cognitive linguistics, anthropological linguistics, the origin of language, and chemical grammar theories, thereby more comprehensively meeting readers' needs;
2. It includes influential works by renowned contemporary linguists such as Saussure, Sapir, Bloomfield, Halliday, Chomsky, Austin, Grice, and Leech, enhancing its authoritative nature;
3. It incorporates classic linguistic works published by world-renowned publishers such as Oxford University Press and Harvard University Press;
4. It still includes expert introductions, with a stronger team of experts than the first batch;
5. The collection is prefaced by the world-famous linguist Professor Noam Chomsky and the renowned Chinese linguist Professor Jiaxuan Shen.