Speech Act Theory, rooted in the seminal work of Austin and further developed by Searle, investigates how language is not only used to present information but also to perform actions. This framework ...

Psychological Inquiry is an international forum for the discussion of theory and meta-theory. The journal strives to publish articles that represent broad, provocative, and debatable theoretical ideas ...

This article explores the hypothesis that having a mind which is open to other ways of looking at the world may facilitate one's ability to learn a new language. The term "ethno-lingual relativity" is ...