J. L. Austin

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles John Langshaw Austin (March 26, 1911 - February 8, 1960) was a British philosopher of language, born in Lancaster and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford University. Austin is widely associated with the concept of the speech act and the idea that speech is itself a form of action. Consequently, in his understanding, language is not just a passive practice of describing a given reality, but a particular practice that can be used to invent and affect realities. His work in the 1950s provided both a theoretical outline and the terminology for the modern study of speech acts developed subsequently, for example, by John R. Searle (the Oxford-educated American philosopher), Fran ois R canati, Kent Bach, Robert M. Harnish, and William P. Alston.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 551082414X
• ISBN13: 9785510824148
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"