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1 online resource (139 pages) |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Commands (Logic)
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Commands (Logic) |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adler, Melvin Joseph. A Pragmatic Logic for Commands. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1980 9789027225016 |
| ISBN |
9789027281104 (electronic book) |
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9027281106 (electronic book) |
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