Speech Acts: what this star will be

Speech Acts is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Language, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Some sentences do not describe the world; saying them changes it.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are The Cooperative Principle, Face, The Framing Effect and Indirect Speech, and Institutions and Social Norms are already open to walk. When Speech Acts opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

Ask for this star

Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Speech Acts and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.