Publications
Publication details [#1389]
Beversluis, John. 1971. I know: An illocutionary analysis. Southern Journal of Philosophy 9 : 345–351. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
An argument for the view that 'I know' is not a performative utterance, but rather a locution usable in performing a wide variety of illocutionary acts. Thus 'I know' can be said to be non-descriptive.