How to Do Things with Words: The William James Lectures delivered in Harvard Uni

Description: How to Do Things with Words by J.L. Austin, J.O. Urmson, Marina Sbisà This contains the William James Lectures delivered at Harvard in 1955. It sets out Austins conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Austin finally abandons that distinction, replacing it by a more general theory of illocutionary forces of utterances. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work sets out Austins 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. Author Biography J. L. Austin is at University of Oxford. Table of Contents Performatives and constatives; conditions for happy performatives; infelicities - misfires; infelicities - abuses; possible criteria of performatives; explicit performatives; explicit performative verbs; locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts; distinctions between illocutionary and perlocutionary acts; "in saying" versus "by saying"; statements, performatives and illocutionary force; classes of illocutionary force. Long Description This work sets out Austins 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. Details ISBN019281205X Pages 192 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Paperbacks Year 1976 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 019281205X ISBN-13 9780192812056 Format Paperback Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 401 Illustrations index Author Marina Sbisà Media Book Edited by Marina Sbisà Short Title HT DO THINGS W/WORDS REV/E 2/E Language English Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle The William James Lectures delivered in Harvard University in 1955 Publication Date 1976-12-02 UK Release Date 1976-12-02 AU Release Date 1976-12-02 NZ Release Date 1976-12-02 Birth 1915 Death 1142 Affiliation Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antonys College, Oxford Position House of Lords Clerk Qualifications Ph.D. Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131588301;

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