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Publication details [#4624]

Heringer, Hans Jürgen. 1974. Praktische Semantik. E. Klett. 219 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

German

Keywords

action | action theory | language game | meaning | practical semantics

Annotation

An outline of a semantic theory based on the concept of action. The book contains a chapter on meaning-theories in general, on action-theory in general, on an action- or communication theory of meaning, and on communication- or language games.

Reviewed by

Opalka, Hubertus. 1976. Zum handlungstheoretischen Ansatz der 'praktischen Semantik', oder, mit 'Handlungstheorie' macht man noch keine Handlungstheorie.

Reprints

. 1978. Practical semantics: A study in the rules of speech and action. Mouton.