… many biblical interpreters seem to suppose that speech act theory is constituted in its entirety by How To Do Things with Words, or at least that nothing is lost by adding to this only some footnoted appeals to the work of John Searle. (p5)
Words in Action: Speech Act Theory and Biblical Interpretation – towards a hermeneutic of self-involvement (Edinburgh, T & T Clark, 2001)
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I feel told off, too. But Dr Poythress didn't seem to mind too much. Does Briggs tell you what else you should read?
Ros,
Though he doesn't say so, I reckon his book. Its the most thorough appropriation of speech act theory I've seen. Though I got it in the college book room for less than a fiver so maybe that means no one else wants to read it. It was his PhD so its stuffed full of citations and has 30 odd pages of bibligraphy (some of it more NT than speech act).
Briggs says Thiselton and Vanhoozer are the most important Xian users of speech act theory. There's some stuff by Wolterstorff too, but I've found that pretty hard going. Tim Ward's stuff is well worth it, I think.
Briggs talks a bit about the work of Daniel Vanderveken and H. Paul Grice.
He particularly highlights:
“Francois Recanati’s Meaning and Force is a major contribution to the subject which is especially valuable for its thorough analysis of Austin and Searle’s work in the light of more pragmatically inclined perspectives.” (p70)
“The publication, in 1994, of a major collection of papers on speech act theory, Foundations of Speech Act Theory: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives [Tsohatzidis (ed.), 500pp, 22 papers from 21 authors] represents the latest major development of new directions in the subject” (p71).
Oh well, that's good. I read Vanhoozer and Thiselton and a bit of Wolterstorff. Sadly Tim Ward's book is missing from the WTS library (as in - in the catalogue but not on the shelf). I do remember hearing him at a Proc Trust conference a while back and being very impressed. I also read some Vanderveken but not Grice, Recanati or Briggs.
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