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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
It is widely held that one who sincerely promises to do something must at least intend to do that thing: a promise communicates the intention to perform. In this paper, I argue that a promise need only communicate the intention to undertake an obligation to perform. I consider examples of sincere promisors who have no intention of performing.
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It is widely held that one who sincerely promises to do something must at least intend to do that thing: a promise communicates the intention to perform. In this paper, I argue that a promise need only communicate the intention to undertake an obligation to perform. I consider examples of sincere promisors who have no intention of performing.
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Intended and Unintended Offence
2014This paper argues that politeness and impoliteness are integrally related to offence management. The outlines of a semantic theory of linguistic politeness are sketched. As a semantic theory, interfaces to both pragmatics and compositional syntax may be expected, but these are spelled out in companion papers.
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1999
Abstract After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T.
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Abstract After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T.
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