Some truisms regarding linguistic communication: 1: The content of an assertion is a function of both the sentence actually uttered and its context. 2: The context is not under the speaker’s direct and total control. 3: The content of an utterance is attributed to its speaker in a way that makes them responsible of their […]
Bart Geurts’ Normative Pragmatics
According to Bart Geurt’s recent work, we, animals, use signals when we want others to behave in a certain way. Others, of course, need to also be motivated if we want them to do what we want. Thus, when we use signals we do not only express our desire to have others do something, but […]
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