How to Do Things with Words@@@The William James Lectures

By A. R. White, J. Austin, J. O. Urmson. 1963

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Anticipating Safety Issues in E2E Conversational AI: Framework and Tooling (2021, background): “…(T AY ) E FFECT , the latter two scenarios are unique to conversational systems, where meaning is actively constructed in context between two or more speakers (Austin, 1962; Grice, 1975). that is: While the response of a system may not be unsafe when considered on its own, e.g., “I agree with you!””
SARA: A Text-Based and Reader-Based Theory of Signaling (2008, methodology): “According to the Speech Act Theory (Austin, 1962; Grice, 1957; Searle, 1969, 1979; Strawson, 1964), language allows us not only to communicate things but also to do things.”
The corporeality of practice-based learning (2010, background): “Hence, to speak is not just to depict a picture of the world or expression of an inner state of mind, but to intervene in the world; for it is through language that we do many things and bring about changes in the world (Austin 1962).”