Publications

Publication details [#8708]

Searle, John R. 1962. Meaning and speech acts. The Philosophical Review 71 (4) : 423–432.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

lexical meaning | speech act

Annotation

On the relevance of the attempt to capture (part of) the meaning of a word (e.g. 'good', 'true') by observing the speech acts for the performance of which they can be used.

Reviewed by

Brassac, Christian and Alain Trognon. 1995. Review article. Formalizing the theory of intentionality.