Tag: locution

• Insights from My Wife on Intertextuality

  I walked into the room and said to her, “I’m gonna take a shower.” She responded, “What you do, do quickly.” I stopped dead in my tracks, turned, and stared at her for a moment with squinted eyes. “Did you just call me Judas?” She giggled and said, “Nooo. I just used Jesus’ words to […]

  Brian Davidson

  December 31, 2011

  Bible

  allusion, illocution, Intertextuality, locution, meaning, perlocution, speech act theory