A pragmatic logic for commands / Melvin Joseph Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Melvin Joseph.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 3.

Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commands (Logic).

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The purpose of this essay is to both discuss commands as a species of speech act and to discuss commands within the broader framework of how they are used and reacted to.

Contents:

A PRAGMATIC LOGIC FOR COMMANDS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE PRAGMATICS OF COMMANDS; 1.1 Commands and Imperatives; 1.2 Institutions and Speech Acts; 1.3 The Institution of Commands; 1.3.1 The Authority (I); 1.3.2 The Addressee (I); 1.3.3 Other Institutional Factors; 1.3.4 Partial Summary; 1.4 The Authority (II); 1.5 The Addressee (II); 1.6 The Required Action or Result; 1.7 The Period During Whioh a Command is in Force; 1.8.1 Execution-Preconditions; 1.8.2 Hypothetical Imperatives; 2. A SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR COMMANDS 2.1 Goals2.2 Commands; 2.3 The Algebra of Commands; 2.4 Rules of Inference; 2. 5 Semantics (I); 2.6 Semantics (II); 2. 7 Semantics (III); 2.8 Presuppositions; 3. OUTLOOK AND PERSPECTIVES; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis (M.A.), Tel-Aviv University, 1978.

Bibliography: p. [129]-131.

ISBN:

1-283-35983-9

9786613359834

90-272-8110-6

OCLC:

769342225