J. L. Austin

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J. L. Austin, speech theorist

  • "Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts."
  • "There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely."
  • “Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.“
  • "When may we hope to see your Harvard lectures published sir?" an undergraduate asked the late Professor Austin. "You may hope to see them published any time" was the characteristic reply.
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