PHIL 3200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Illocutionary Act, Perlocutionary Act, Locutionary Act
24 Feb 2016
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Notes on grice meaning , austin how to do things with words and davison. Using a word vs mentioning it: used : x is my fav city, mentioned: x" is my fav word ; "xxxxxxxxxxxx" is false. Natural language vs artificial language (= formal language (logic) Syntax (grammetical categories) vs semantics (meaning,dependence, theory ) vs pragmatics ( sarcasm, metaphor, implicature) Demonstratives (that,this , i, ) are meaningless labels in language. Analytic synthetic distinction/ a priori , a posteriori / Illocutionary force : complaint perlocutionary meaning : make the complainer stop. My goal is to lose 10 pounds perlocutionary : to get some sorta regimen set up not to let him know ur goal. What reasons does he offer for this claim? for austin , illocutionary meaning is conventional. Graie says yes in his view since meaning is based on intention.
