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.

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Full title :A Pragmatic Logic for Commands.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1980.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam/Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:1980.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (139 pages)

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ISBN:9789027281104, 9027281106, 902722501X, 9789027225016, 1283359839, 9781283359832, 9786613359834, 6613359831
oclc:ocn769342225
LC Classification:BC199.C5
Dewey Decimal:415

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.