HOW TO DO THINGS WITH WORDS
This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Oxford University Press
1976
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| Series: | The William James Lectures
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Add Tag | Summary: | This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that distinction, replacing it with a more general theory of 'illocutionary forces' of utterances which has important bearings on a wide variety of philosophical problems. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 176 pages 19 cm |
| ISBN: | 019281205X |
Words and things 
The study of language