Theoretical Linguistics | 2019
Some questions about the notion of “commitment”
Abstract
I much enjoyed reading this paper: it is admirably lucid, and I am generally in sympathy with the author’s programme of treating communication as a vehicle for action coordination via social commitments. In what follows I offer some suggestions as to how the analysis could be elaborated, as well as indicating some points where I am not quite convinced by the author’s proposals, however much I might like to be.