How to Do Things with Words
The William James Lectures delivered in Harvard University in 1955
J L Austin author J O Urmson editor Marina Sbisà editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:2nd Dec '76
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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.
ISBN: 9780192812056
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 13mm
Weight: 210g
192 pages
2nd Revised edition