John T. Kearns - Using Language: The Structures of Speech Acts
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In a pioneer study of how language is actually used, Dr. Kearns combines the rigor of formal logic with a detailed analysis of natural language patterns. Through this double focus, he develops artificial languages that are syntactically more similar to the spoken word than first-order language itself. Numerous diagrams illustrate the evolution of these artificial languages, which represent a significant contribution to both the fields of linguistics and logic.The book begins by delineating a theory of the structures of intentional acts and then applies this to the special case of linguistic acts. Given an understanding of the meanings of component expressions, we can use our knowledge of linguistic structure to determine the meaning of a complex expression. An innovative discussion of semantics is subdivided into theories of three semantic dimensions: representational meaning, inferential meaning, and truth conditions. Drawing upon these analyses the speech act theory of this book purposes that the meaning of a sentence (sentential act) is to be explained wholly in terms of the meanings of component expressions (acts) and the structure of the sentence.
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Using Language : The Structures of Speech Acts SUNY Series in Philosophy
author
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Kearns, John T.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0873958098
print isbn13
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9780873958097
ebook isbn13
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9780585061474
language
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English
subject
Speech acts (Linguistics)
publication date
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1984
lcc
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P95.55.K42 1984eb
ddc
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401/.9
subject
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Speech acts (Linguistics)
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Using Language The Structures of Speech Acts
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SUNY Series in Philosophy
Robert C. Neville, Editor
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Using Language
The Structures of Speech Acts
John T. Kearns
State University of New York, Buffalo
State University of New York Press Albany
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1984 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Kearns, John T., 1936 Using language.
1. Speech acts (Linguistics) I. Title. P95.55.K42 1984 401'.9 83-14491 ISBN 0-87395-808-1 ISBN 0-87395-809-8 (pbk.)
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