Download or read book Speech Acts, Meaning and Intentions written by Armin Burkhardt and published by Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition / Foundations of Communication and Cognition. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays tracing the development of Searle's analytical theory of the speech act, from the conception of linguistic meaning in terms of action, via the analysis of the underlying intentional structure, to the problems of the relation between mind and brain. The 15 essays cover the historical roots of the speech act theory, semantics and pragmatics, intentionality, meaning, the theory of metaphor and fictional discourse, and philosophy of mind and cognitive science. They include sometimes quite pointed criticism, and were written in the expectation that Searle would contribute replies. But he withdrew his involvement before the volume was completed. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR