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A Pragmatic Logic for Commands
Melvin Joseph Adler
[Pragmatics & Beyond I:3] 1980
► pp. v–vi

Table of contents

Introduction1

1. The Pragmatics of Commands7

1.1 Commands and imperatives7

1.2 Institutions and speech acts8

1.3 The institution of commands9

1.4 The authority (II)24

1.5 The addressee (II)28

1.6 The required action or result29

1.7 The period during which a command is in force36

2. A Syntax and Semantics for Commands45

2.1 Goals45

2.2 Commands46

2.3 The algebra of commands55

2.4 Rules of inference67

2.5 Semantics (I)72

2.6 Semantics (II)95

2.7 Semantics (III)103

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