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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Main Author:	Austin, J. L (Author)
Other Authors:	Urmson, J. O., Sbisà, Marina
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Clarendon, 1975.
Edition:	2nd ed. /
Series:	William James lectures ; 1955.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Philosophy. Speech acts (Linguistics) Langage et langues > Philosophie. Actes de parole. Languages & Literatures. Philology & Linguistics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book