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How to do things with words : the William James lectures delivered in Harvard University in 1955 / J.L. Austin ; edited by J.O. Urmson and Marina Sbisà.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Austin, J. L. (John Langshaw), 1911-1960, author.
- Series:
- William James lectures ; 1955.
- The William James lectures; 1955
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Speech acts (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages).
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- William James lectures delivered in Harvard University in 1955
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1975.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-168086-9
- 0-19-824553-X
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