Following the Rules of Discourse

0343041 - FLÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Peregrin, Jaroslav
Following the Rules of Discourse.
International Review of Pragmatics. Roč. 2, č. 1 (2010), s. 118-128. ISSN 1877-3095
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA401/07/0904
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514
Keywords : rule * normativity * speech acts * evolution
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

This review article discusses Rebecca Kukla Lance's (2009) book on normative speech act theory and Joseph Heath's (2008) book on rule following, putting them into the context of the general problem of normativity of human discursive practices (and human practices in general). The upshot of the discussion is that while Heath's book advances our understanding of the normative dimension of human life, prominently including human language, Kukla and Lance's one proesents a deeply interesting attempt at a framework for the study of discourse taking normativity of language at face value.
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