Propositional structure and illocutionary force: A study of the contribution of sentence meaning to speech acts (The Language and thought series) - Hardcover

Katz, Jerrold J

 
9780855275105: Propositional structure and illocutionary force: A study of the contribution of sentence meaning to speech acts (The Language and thought series)

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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.

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ISBN 10:  0674716159 ISBN 13:  9780674716155
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1980
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