This work argues that in a primitive language, "one word utterances" such as "bull or thunder" could be "a warning, information, a prediction" and so forth. This work points out that the sentence "Notice is hereby given that trespassers will be executed" hinges on the word "
This work argues that in a primitive language, "one word utterances" such as "bull or thunder" could be "a warning, information, a prediction" and so forth. This work points out that the sentence "Notice is hereby given that trespassers will be executed" hinges on the word "hereby" which "serves to indicate that the utterance (in writing) ...the instrument affecting the act of warning [and] authorizing." This work rejects the view that a "truth-value" of true or false is necessary to the mission of a sentence, instead focusing on a set of sentences which are not used to describe, and affect some sort of action or change upon their being spoke, called "performative utterances." For 10 points, name this work adapted out of the William James lecture series, a work of J.L Austin.
This work argues that in a primitive language, "one word utterances" such as "bull or thunder" could be "a warning, information, a prediction" and so forth.
How To Do Things With Words