Propositional Structure and Illocutionary Force: A Study of the Contribution of Sentence Meaning to Speech Acts - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Katz, Jerrold J.; Eds. Jerrold J. Katz, D. Terence Langendoen, and George A. Miller

ISBN 10: 0674716159 / ISBN 13: 9780674716155

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1980

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First Paperback edition in Near Fine condition with small, unobtrusive ownership stamps to half title page, title page, and page edges, else Near Fine; This book provides a comprehensive study of the contribution of sentence meaning to speech acts. The book is divided into four parts, each of which deals with a different aspect of sentence meaning. Part I discusses the definition and nature of propositions. Part II discusses the different types of speech acts and their corresponding propositional structures. Part III discusses the relationship between propositional structure and illocutionary force. Part IV provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of the book's main findings.; The Language and Thought Series; 8vo; 249 pages. Seller Inventory # 46248

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Title: Propositional Structure and Illocutionary ...

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Paperback Edition; First Printing.

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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.

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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.