LINGUIST 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Rob Ford, Stout, Personal Bankruptcy
27 Oct 2017
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When you say something, but you are actually performing an action. Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago[ ] yes, i"ve made mistakes. All i can do now is apologize and move on. rob ford. He was criticized for this apology, skipping this apology and concentrating on situations like this. Out of context, he doesn"t sound sympathetic, he"s owning to the fact that he had made a mistake. Part of a good apology is saying what it is you are apologizing for: being a lot more direct (instead of words like probably, approximately) He apologizes, and says he won"t do it again then he doesn"t do it again, but he does something else. Apologies don"t mean anything if you keep doing what you"re sorry for. Taught oxford students a rigorous style of philosophizing based on language analysis. Presented his speech act theory in his 1955 lectures at harvard, published posthumously as how to.
