From Speech Acts to Semantics

Frege introduced the notion of pragmatic force as what distinguishes statements from questions. This distinction was elaborated by Wittgenstein in his later works, and systematised as an account of different kinds of speech acts in formal dialogue theory by Hamblin. It lies at the heart of the infer...

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Main Author: Mackenzie Jim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-03-01
Series:Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0006