Speech Act: A Study of Khushwant Singh's Train To Pakistan

This book aims at the application of pragmatic entity, the speech acts, to one of the forms of literature, namely, Indian Fiction It tries to unfold usefulness of the speech acts in study of literature. It also throws light on the study of literature with a new perspective. Its major purpose is to explore how communication is meaning-oriented and how Pragmatics helps readers to arrive at the exact meaning. The selected conversational pieces from Khushwant Singh¿s Train To Pakistan enable us to study how speech acts helps to make conversation smooth as well as complicated, both at surface level and deeper level. The present study asserts that the pragmatic approach to a literary form offers adequate information and insight by reaching at hidden meaning. The author expects that this book will stand as a valid reference book to the readers and researchers of English Language and Literature.