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"Wszyscy mówią: kocham-cię". Analiza wyznania miłosnego
‘Everybody says I love you’. Analysis of declaration of love

Author(s): Rafał Nahirny
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Speech act theory; Analytic philosophy; language; love

Summary/Abstract: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s and John L. Austin’s studies have offered a new concept of language. Should one, in the light of The Philosophical Investigations and How to Do Things With Words, limit himself or herself exclusively to investigating the manner in which feelings are spoken about, whilst remaining tacit as to the very nature of feelings? Can love be talked about using the language of analytic philosophy? The Author’s quest is one for giving replies to those queries; to this particular end, declaration of love is made subject to detailed analysis from the standpoint of Wittgenstein’s concept of linguistic games and Austin’s speech act theory.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 261-271
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish