Utterer’s Meaning, Sentence-Meaning, and Word-Meaning

Grice, H. P.

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“…Paul H. Grice, proposing intention-based semantics (1957,1968,1975), argued for a theory of meaning based on the communicative intentions of sign users, without distinction between verbal and non-verbal signs. The cornerstone of Grice's theory is that meaning coincides with wanting to tell something, making the distinction between what the speaker says and what the speaker wants to say (Grice 1975). The real evidence of the "speaker's intention meaning" is understood with conversational implicatures, that is, all the information that the literal meaning of an utterance does not explicitly convey but is still communicated by the speaker insofar as the listener can rebuild its meaning.…”

Section: Two Philosophical Remarks On Intentionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodied Simulation and a Few Remarks on the Philosophy of Language in Italy

Gallo¹

2017

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The debate on the state of the art of philosophy in Italy shows many differences from the three main currents of contemporary philosophy, namely deconstructionism, critical theory, and analytic philosophy. On one hand, the philosophical stance towards language, and on the other hand, the strong separation between science and philosophy are the distinctive features of the Italian thought. In particular, philosophy of language shows a fragmented framework in which current researches are an example for future studies on language and human nature.The basic idea behind the Philosophy of Language in Italy is that language has a biological and social nature. The aim of this paper is to give an account of the range of "bio" through a dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience. I will review the Italian research on mirror neurons with particular attention to the developments in embodied simulation proposed by Vittorio Gallese. I will underline the philosophical aspects of this neuroscientific theory, providing some remarks on intersubjectivity, intentions, and language. Finally, I will suggest future joint studies in neuroscience and the philosophy of language.

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Section: Two Philosophical Remarks On Intentionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodied Simulation and a Few Remarks on the Philosophy of Language in Italy

Gallo¹

2017

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“…also Grice 19571968. 21 In addition to the explicit (in other words: literal, conventional) meaning of utterances, speakers convey implicit inferences, that is, in Gricean terms, conversational implicatures by means of flouting one -or more -of the above maxims relying on the cooperative principle.…”

Section: Interpretations Of the Term Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

The principles of communicative language use

Németh¹

2004

Acta Linguistica Hungarica

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The paper aims to overview some typical principles of communicative language use in a cognitive pragmatic approach applying a reductionist method in order to demonstrate that the well-known principles can be reduced to a very general rationality (economy) principle. After briefly reviewing the principles the paper re-evaluates them and provides a new classification of them relying on the definition of ostensive-inferential communication. The principles which can be divided into rationality and interpersonality principles are really principles of effective information transmission on objects and selves. They refer to two kinds of language use: informative and communicative ones. The only principles valid for only communicative language use are the communicative principle of relevance and the principle of communicative intention suggested in the present article. Finally, the paper reduces all rationality and interpersonality principles to a very general rationality principle, i.e., the cognitive principle of relevance.1. Introduction AimsThe present paper aims to explore some of the typical principles of communicative language use. As a starting-point for the investigation, I will define communicative language use within the scope of pragmatic competence. Then I will give a brief overview of the possibilities raised in the linguistics literature of how to interpret the term principle, as well as select the relevant interpretations fitting in with the aims of this paper. After completing these tasks, I will have three main goals: (i) to choose, briefly characterize and evaluate some typical communicative principles treated by the pragmatics literature; (ii) to re-evaluate the chosen principles and provide a new classification of them relying on the definition of ostensive-inferential communication, and (iii) to demonstrate that all * The research reported here was partly supported by the Bolyai János Research Grant. I would like to thank Károly Bibok and the anonymous reviewers of the earlier version of the present paper for their helpful critical comments and suggestions which have helped me to clarify some points. All remaining shortcomings are, of course, my own responsibility.

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“…begins with the conception of an illocutionary intention, i. e., a communicative intention the speaker decides to express by means of language. A communicative intention is one the speaker wants to be recognized as such by the addressee (Grice 1968). The speaker may want to refer to something, to express some belief or expectation, to commit the addressee or himself to some course of action, etc.…”

Section: Conceptual Preparationmentioning

confidence: 99%