Austin, J L - Urmson, J O & Sbisà, Marina [editors] — How To Do Things With Words

Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2000 reprint of 2nd edition. Paperback, F. x+169pp, index, a fine copy. The text of the twelve William James Lectures, given in 1955. They became the founding text of speech act theory and a classic of ordinary language philosophy. John Langshaw Austin [ 1911 - 1960 ] English philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy.