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Publication details [#8855]

Shwayder, David S. 1977. A semantics of utterance. Mid-West Studies in Philosophy 2 : 104–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

action | meaning theory | speech act | utterance

Annotation

S. proposes a theory of semantics to describe utterances as actions. In an appendix the theory is applied, by way of illustration, to cases such as accepting, refusing, asking questions, telling, etc..

Reprints

French, Peter A., Theodore E. Uehling and Howard K. Wettstein. 1979. In French, Peter A., Theodore E. Uehling and Howard K. Wettstein, eds. Contemporary perspectives in the philosophy of language. Minnesota UP. pp. 244–259.