Propositional Structure and Illocutionary Force: A Study of the Contribution of Sentence Meaning to Speech Acts

Katz, Jerrold J.

ISBN 10: 0855275103 / ISBN 13: 9780855275105

Published by Harvester Press, Hassocks, 1977

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Hardcover in very good condition with an unclipped, good condition dust jacket. Jacket has 3cm tear to rear upper leading edge and a couple of small tears to front edges. Tanning to jacket interior edges and inked stamp from previous owner to inside front flap. Small bump to front board upper edge and faint mark to rear board. Ink stamp from previous owner to FEP, otherwise contents are clean throughout. Spine is tight, binding sound. AD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Propositional Structure and Illocutionary Force: A Study of the Contribution of Sentence Meaning to Speech Acts
• Publisher: Harvester Press, Hassocks
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0855275103
• ISBN 13: 9780855275105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Communication

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Synopsis

This book offers a new theory of the structure of propositions, which provides a uniform treatment of constative and performative sentences. Jerrold Katz shows that performatives can enter into logically valid arguments, even though, as Austin claimed, they can't be true or false. Katz also argues that speech act theory is not a theory at all, but an assortment of observations about heterogeneous aspects of the performance of speech acts. He shows that a better explanation of speech acts is given by a grammatical account of the iIIocutionary potential of sentences and a separate pragmatic account of how this potential is realized in actual speech situtations. Katz provides such a grammatical account, which makes it possible for the first time to explain the iIIocutionary potential of sentences within grammar."

From the Back Cover

The author presents a new theory of the structure of propositions, which provides a uniform treatment of the logical form of constative and performative sentences. Katz offers such a grammatical account, in which makes it possible for the first time to explain the illocutionary potential of sentences within grammar.