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.
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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.
Item Description:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 169 p.).
ISBN:0191680869
9780191680861
019824553X
9780198245537