Only Kramer prefers 'otioseness':
Cited by Chapman and analysed to tears by R. B. Jones:
"If I am gtelling you simply that someone did, e.g. took off his hat or sat down, it would normally be
REDUNDANT,
and hence
MISLEADING,
though not FALSE,
to say that he sat down intentionally"
(Plea for excuses -- cfr. Pears on "Ifs and Cans" -- who bestowed "Langshaw" with such wit to title things?).
Of course the locus classicus ObG: here is "WoW:i" which includes all you need to know about Austin -- and more.
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Oddly, R. M. Hare, in "Austin's distinction between locutionary and illocutionary acts" says that to utter
ReplyDeletei. There is an animal in the backyard.
when Hare means Aunt Maud is _FALSE_! But we have to give Hare credit for using 'implicature' ad placitum!