A Pragmatic Logic for Commands.

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The purpose of this essay is to both discuss commands as a species of speech act and to discuss commands within the broader framework of how they are used and reacted to.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adler, Melvin Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1980.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; I:3.
Subjects:
Commands (Logic)
Pragmatics.
Impératifs (Logique)
Pragmatique.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Pragmatics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A PRAGMATIC LOGIC FOR COMMANDS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE PRAGMATICS OF COMMANDS; 1.1 Commands and Imperatives; 1.2 Institutions and Speech Acts; 1.3 The Institution of Commands; 1.3.1 The Authority (I); 1.3.2 The Addressee (I); 1.3.3 Other Institutional Factors; 1.3.4 Partial Summary; 1.4 The Authority (II); 1.5 The Addressee (II); 1.6 The Required Action or Result; 1.7 The Period During Whioh a Command is in Force; 1.8.1 Execution-Preconditions; 1.8.2 Hypothetical Imperatives; 2. A SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR COMMANDS.
  • 2.1 Goals2.2 Commands; 2.3 The Algebra of Commands; 2.4 Rules of Inference; 2. 5 Semantics (I); 2.6 Semantics (II); 2. 7 Semantics (III); 2.8 Presuppositions; 3. OUTLOOK AND PERSPECTIVES; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES.

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