Propositional Structure and Illocutionary Force: A Study of the Contribution of Sentence Meaning to Speech Acts (The Language and Thought Series)

By Jerrold Katz

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674716159
• ISBN13: 9780674716155
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.5"