11.   Anyone who has introduced speech act theory to students will know that these technical terms are not at all easy to grasp.

12.   This lack of explicitness will surely limit the significance of the book for researchers working in speech act theory and related fields.

13.   Of course, there is no reason why a book on speech act theory should discuss alternative approaches at all.

14.   Students of literature who are sympathetic to, and at least partially acquainted with, speech act theory should find the arguments stimulating.

15.   Even resistant readers will find much informative discussion of speech act theory and related matters.

16.   But for readers with some knowledge of speech act theory, literary theory, or both, this is bound to be an interesting read.