However, this simple but complete truth has been neglected so far by speech act theorists, including Austin himself.

• 从奥斯汀做出上述论断至今已有四十多年的时间了，但可惜的是在这四十多年中这一简单而又极其完整的真理却一直没有得到言语行为理论家(包括奥斯汀本人在内)的重视。