Speech Act Phenomenology

The nature and function of language as Man's chief vehicle of communi­ cation occupies a focal position in the human sciences, particularly in philosophy. The concept of 'communication' is problematic because it suggests both 'meaning' (the nature of language) and the activi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laningan, R.L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1977, 1977
Edition:1st ed. 1977
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Philosophy of Human Communication
  • 1. Communication as Problematic
  • 2. Philosophic Method and Communication
  • 3. Speech Act Propositions
  • II. Speech Act Structures
  • 1. Constatives
  • 2. Performatives
  • 3. Rules and Conventions
  • 4. Locutionary Acts
  • III. Speech Act Contents
  • 1. Meaning
  • 2. Illocutionary Acts
  • IV. Speech Act Communication
  • 1. Perlocutionary Acts
  • 2. Speech as Communication
  • V. Existential Speech and the Phenomenology of Communication
  • 1. Existential Phenomenology
  • 2. Encountering Phenomenological Existence
  • 3. The Dialectic Critique
  • 1. Books
  • 2. Essays and Articles
  • 3. Unpublished Materials