LINGUIST 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: John Searle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Grammaticalization
5 Jan 2018
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Performatives that are kind of hidden = implicit, overt = explicit. You are (hereby) charged with treason = i/we (hereby) charge you with treason. Passengers are requested to avoid jumping out of the aircraft = we request that passengers avoid (passive voice translated back) jumping out of the aircraft. Five bucks he doesn"t make the semi- final = i bet you five bucks that he doesn"t make the semi-final. (add i bet in order to make it explicit even though you recognize it"s a bet) Come up and see me sometime. = i invite you to come up and see me sometime. John rogers searle (1932), an american philosopher, professor emeritus of the philosophy of mind and language at berkeley. He received all his degrees from oxford university. Searle"s early work on speech act theory was influenced by john l. austin and ludwig wittgenstein.
