A pragmatic logic for commands

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A pragmatic logic for commands

Melvin Joseph Adler

(Pragmatics & beyond : an interdisciplinary series of language studies, I:3)

J. Benjamins, 1980

  • pbk.

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Note

A revision of the author's thesis (M.A.), Tel-Aviv University, 1978

Bibliography: p. [129]-131

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 1. The Pragmatics of Commands
  • 3. 1.1 Commands and imperatives
  • 4. 1.2 Institutions and speech acts
  • 5. 1.3 The institution of commands
  • 6. 1.4 The authority (II)
  • 7. 1.5 The addressee (II)
  • 8. 1.6 The required action or result
  • 9. 1.7 The period during which a command is in force
  • 10. 2. A Syntax and Semantics for Commands
  • 11. 2.1 Goals
  • 12. 2.2 Commands
  • 13. 2.3 The algebra of commands
  • 14. 2.4 Rules of inference
  • 15. 2.5 Semantics (I)
  • 16. 2.6 Semantics (II)
  • 17. 2.7 Semantics (III)

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Details

  • NCID
    BA02913620
  • ISBN
    • 902722501X
  • LCCN
    81456283
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 131 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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