Publications

Publication details [#9694]

Vendler, Zeno. 1980. Telling the facts. In Searle, John R., Ferenc Kiefer and Manfred Bierwisch, eds. Speech act theory and pragmatics. Reidel. pp. 273–290.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

performative verb | pseudo-performative

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

V. examines Austin's early, erroneous assignment of performative features to the verb 'to know'. He argues that some of the features of 'know' that Austin picks out indeed hold true but that they require an other explanation which also casts light on the behavior of many related verbs including a major group of the real performatives.

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. 220–232.