Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 1, Principles of Language Use

Synopsis of Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 1, Principles of Language Use

«Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 1, Principles of Language Use» is Daniel Vanderveken's philosophical study, in hardback (266 pages, in English).

In this work, Daniel Vanderveken delves into the logic of speech acts and propositions to formulate a general semantic theory of natural languages. This first volume presents the general principles that unite meaning, reason, thought and speech acts, and does not presuppose detailed knowledge of logical formalism.

Volume I of Daniel Vanderveken's two-volume work, published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press; includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Intended for students and academics in philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology and computer science; no knowledge of formal logic required.