This book, which can be read independently, deals with more specifically linguistic problems in semantics and contains substantial original material.

" It is the connected presentation of Jespersen's views of the general principles of grammar based on years of studying various languages through both direct ...

Katz offers such a grammatical account, in which makes it possible for the first time to explain the illocutionary potential of sentences within grammar.

The book presents a theory of illocutionary acts. It argues that the study of speech acts initiatied by Austin complements the truth theoretic approach to speaker meaning. It is shown that there are aspects of speaker meaning which cannot be explained by truth theoretic approaches. Though the nature of a speech act is partially determined by the semantic type of the the sentence uttered the speaker's intention and context of utterance are important also.