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How performatives really work: A reply to searle

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  1. Department of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, 94132, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Kent Bach & Robert M. Harnish

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Kent Bach & Robert M. Harnish

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Bach, K., Harnish, R.M. How performatives really work: A reply to searle. Linguist Philos 15, 93–110 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00635834

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