illocutionary "force"

[Seth Kahn-Egan]

Don't know if this is too far afield for what you're after, but Habermas'
_The Theory of Communicative Action_ does some interesting (controversial?
inventive?) things with Speech Act theory.

>Re C K Nelson's query below:
> P F Strawson (1971) Logico-Linguistic Papers. London: Methuen. Ch 8
>'Intention 		and Convention in Speech Acts' is relevant to this
>question.
>
>Tom
>
>
>>    Sorry for cross-postings, but I'm looking for bib. info. for
>>publications which comment on Austin's and Searle's use of the term
>>"force" when discussing illocutionary force or point.   Thanks in advance,
>>Christian Nelson
>
>
>Thomas Bloor
>Language Studies Unit
>Aston University
>Birmingham, UK
>B4 7ET
>
>Phone:0121 359 3611 xt 4212/4236
>Fax:0121 359 2725


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