{"product_id":"how-to-do-things-with-words-9780192812056","title":"How to Do Things with Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains the late J.L. Austin's examination of his distinction of performative utterances from statements, and his subsequent theory of \"illocutionary forces\" of utterances. It is a revised version of his famous William James Lectures, delivered at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerformatives and constatives; conditions for happy performatives; infelicities - misfires; infelicities - abuses; possible criteria of performatives; explicit performatives; explicit performative verbs; locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts; distinctions between illocutionary and perlocutionary acts; \"in saying\" versus \"by saying\"; statements, performatives and illocutionary force; classes of illocutionary force.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766793961815,"sku":"9780192812056","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780192812056.jpg?v=1758711278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-do-things-with-words-9780192812056","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}