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Austin, J.L.·1975·Routledge eBooks

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This work sets out the author'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 examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, he 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.

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Authors: Austin, J. L.
Corresponding author: Austin, J.L.
Venue: Routledge eBooks
Publisher: Oxford University PressOxford
Published: 1975-09-18
Pages: 177-182
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198245537.001.0001
OpenAlex: W1576632330
Cited by: 21,496
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FWCI: 374.62
Type: book chapter
Language: en
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Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Keywords: performatives, illocutionary force, statements, speech acts, pragmatics, philosophy of language

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