The general nature of the speech act fallacy can be stated as follows, using "good" as our example. Calling something good is char...acteristically praising or commending or recommending it, etc. But it is a fallacy to infer from this that the meaning of "good" is explained by saying it is used to perform the act of commendation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The assertion fallacy ... is the fallacy of confusing the conditions for the performance of the speech act of assertion with the a...nalysis of the meaning of particular words occurring in certain assertions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
New Yorkers speak more quickly and shift topics more rapidly. We all know that. But the way it's done is fascinating. At least it ...fascinated me when I first moved to New York. Someone has the floor and talks. As soon as I know what they are going to say, I can jump in, finish the sentence to show I understand, and take off into my own turn. The northern California I know isn't like that. Someone talks, and I lie back and listen and let them roll for a while. When they're done, there'll be a pause that will flash like a green light to announce that someone else can have the floor.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Speak the speech ... trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it ... I had as lief the town crier had spoke my lines. Nor do not... saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say the whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Wherefore do you so ill translate yourself Out of the speech of peace that bears such grace,... Into the harsh and boisterous tongue of war?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... whatever men do or know or experience can make sense only to the extent that it can be spoken about. There may be truths beyon...d speech, and they may be of great relevance to man in the singular, that is, to man in so far as he is not a political being, whatever else he may be. Men in the plural, that is, men in so far as they live and move and act in this world, can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and to themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for tra...nsformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All government--indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and barter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I thought a lot about our nation and what I should do as president. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two proble...ms of our country--energy and malaise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »