Abstract
In this paper, I consider J. L. Austin's William James Lectures 'How to do Things with Words', in order to ask to what extent Austin’s notion of the speech-act might also be applicable to music. Are there ‘music-acts’, and what would such a possibility tell us about music and its evolution, its relationship to language, and its social functions?
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Unpublished - Oct 2019 |
| Event | Language and Music - National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Duration: 3 Oct 2019 → 4 Oct 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | Language and Music |
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| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Athens |
| Period | 3/10/19 → 4/10/19 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- speech acts
- Jankélévitch
- mimesis