Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 1, Principles of Language UseThe primary units of meaning in the use and comprehension of language are speech acts of the type called illocutionary acts. In Foundations of Illocutionary Logic John Searle and Daniel Vanderveken presented the first formalized logic of a general theory of speech acts. In Meaning and Speech Acts Daniel Vanderveken further develops the logic of speech acts and the logic of propositions to construct a general semantic theory of natural languages. Volume I, Principles of Language Use, explains the general principles that connect meaning, reason, thought and speech acts in the semantic structure of language. It presupposes no detailed knowledge of logical formalism, and will be accessible to a large readership of students and scholars from philosophy, lingustics, cognitive psychology and computer science. Volume II, Formal Semantics of Success and Satisfaction uses the resources of philosophical and mathematical logics to develop a formalization of the laws of the semantic theory advanced in Volume I. It will be of interest to theoretical linguists and those involved in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence. |
Contents
AND FORMAL SEMANTICS | 7 |
A GENERAL SUCCESS | 35 |
ON THE LOGICAL FORM | 76 |
OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS | 103 |
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS | 137 |
CONCLUSION | 220 |
LIST OF SYMBOLS | 228 |
Common terms and phrases
actual natural languages analytically assertion atomic propositions cognitive components of illocutionary conditions of satisfaction conditions of success context of utterance declarative sentences degree of strength direction of fit directive illocutionary elementary illocutionary acts elementary sentences English example force F form F(P formal semantics Frege identical illocutionary act expressed illocutionary force markers illocutionary logic illocutionary point imperative sentences implicatures intensional logic J. L. Austin J. R. Searle know a priori laws literal illocutionary act literal utterances logical forms logical relations logical type mode of achievement Moreover names P₁ P₂ perform an illocutionary performative sentences performative utterances performative verbs philosophical point of view possible context predict preparatory condition presupposing propositional attitudes propositional constituents propositional content condition raining relative inconsistency request satisfied semantic interpretation semantic tableau sense sentence meaning sentence types Similarly sincerity condition someone strict implication strongly illocutionarily entails syntactic features truth conditions truth functional truth value