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BARCELO ASPEITIA, Axel Arturo. Sub-Sentential Logical Form. On Robert J. Stainton's Words and Thoughts. Crítica (Méx., D.F.) [online]. 2011, vol.43, n.129, pp.53-63.  Epub 12-Maio-2020. ISSN 0011-1503.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2011.788.

Stainton argues (2006, 2001) that since sub-sentential speech acts lack the proper syntactic structure to have logical form, it is not from them that sub-sententially propositions conveyed derive their logical form. In this brief comment, I develop an argument for the claim that sub-sentential speech acts not only do have the proper syntactic structure, but that according to Stainton's own general pragmatic account of sub-sentential speech, they also satisfy all the criteria put forward by him to be the primary bearers of logical form.

Palavras-chave : syntax; speech acts; structure; pragmatics; argumentation.