Publications

Publication details [#9602]

Urmson, J.O. 1952. Parenthetical verbs. Mind 61 : 480–496.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

metapragmatic term | propositional attitude | pseudo-performative

Journal WWW

www3.oup.co.uk/mind/

Annotation

An investigation of the function of parenthetic verbs such as 'know', 'believe', 'deduce', 'regret', 'suppose', 'guess', 'expect', 'admit', 'predict'. They are said to help the understanding and assessment of what is said rather than being part of what is said.

Reprints

Flew, Anthony G.N. 1956. In Flew, Anthony G.N., ed. Essays in conceptual analysis. MacMillan. pp. 192–212.

Caton, Charles E. 1963. In Caton, Charles E., ed. Philosophy and ordinary language. University of Illinois Press. pp. 220–240.