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records as speech acts: a standalone construct

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Archival science

the idea that many records do not merely describe actions but carry them out, so creating a record can itself be a legal or social act.

In archival science, records as speech acts refers to the idea that many records do not merely describe actions but carry them out, so creating a record can itself be a legal or social act. This meaning comes from Yeo (2010) in Journal of the Society of Archivists.[1]

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  1. Yeo, G. (2010). Representing the Act: Records and Speech Act Theory. Journal of the Society of Archivists, 31(2), 95-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379816.2010.506782

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