A Pragmatic Logic for Commands
The purpose of this essay is to both discuss commands as a species of speech act and to discuss commands within the broader framework of how they are used and reacted to.
[Pragmatics & Beyond, I:3] 1980. viii, 131 pp.
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Published online on 21 November 2011
Published online on 21 November 2011
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Table of Contents
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Introduction | p. 1
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1. The Pragmatics of Commands | p. 7
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1.1 Commands and imperatives
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1.2 Institutions and speech acts
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1.3 The institution of commands
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1.4 The authority (II)
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1.5 The addressee (II)
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1.6 The required action or result
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1.7 The period during which a command is in force
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2. A Syntax and Semantics for Commands | p. 45
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2.1 Goals
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2.2 Commands
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2.3 The algebra of commands
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2.4 Rules of inference
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2.5 Semantics (I)
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2.6 Semantics (II)
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2.7 Semantics (III)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General