I defend the idea of sentence-meanings as proto-illocutionary-act types; entities that are structurally distinct from propositions. I develop a theory of logically simple sentences, according to which their meanings are reportive proto-assertion types. I diffuse the slingshot argument, and offer a novel theory of adverbial modification.
Keywords: adverb, complexes, higher-order complex, properties, report, slingshot argument, truth-maker