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Речевой акт как минимальная единица речевой деятельности
The Speech Act as the Smallest Unit of Speech Activity

Author(s): Elena Varzari
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: speech act theory of the speech act; speech situation; language; speech; speech activity
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problem of defining the concepts of the speech act, speech activity, and speech. Their distinctive features noted in the Russian and foreign linguistics have been identified. The reasons of the debatable character of a number of provisions regarding the mentioned concepts are being analyzed, and the research prospects are outlined.