Performative Linguistics

Douglas Robinson is Professor of English at the University of Mississippi, USA.

'This is an exciting book, that raises important questions about the relationship between linguistics and translation. Robinson's challenging approach is to be welcomed, and the clarity of his arguments adds to the impact of his ideas. You might not agree with everything he says, but you will never be bored for a moment.' - Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick 'This book lays out a much-needed interdisciplinary map for coordinated advances in translation studies, intercultural studies, and a rejuvenated discipline that should still be called 'linguistics'.' - Anthony Pym, Rovira University, Virgili, Spain

• Part 1 Performatives; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Constative and performative linguistics; Chapter 3 Translatorial performatives; Part 2 Iterations (the Performative Back-Story); Chapter 4 Iterability; Chapter 5 Somatic Markers; Chapter 6 The translator’s habitus; Chapter 7 Double-voicing; Part 3 Implicatures (performative uptake); Chapter 8 Conversational Implicature; Chapter 9 Translation as ideological implicature; Chapter 10 Il-, per-, and metalocutionary implicature; Chapter 11 Intendants and interpretants; Chapter 12 Conventional implicature and language change; Chapter 13 Conversational invocature; Chapter 14 Metalocutionary implicature and cross-cultural misunderstandings; Conclusion;