
行为
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
The meaning of a sentence is not just in the words themselves, but also in the illocutionary act it performs.
The total speech act comprises both the act of uttering words and the act of meaning.
When we speak of 'meaning' a word, we are in the first instance speaking of a certain kind of act.