4 J. L. Austin Quotes on Communication

J. L. Austin quotes on communication

2. Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? --Austin, Papers 38.

13. [H]owever well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction. --Austin, Papers 195.

14. [O]rdinary language is not the last word: in principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon and superseded. Only remember, it is the first word. --Austin, Papers 185.

17. There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.