A tale of two intentions

Intending what an utterance means and intending what an utterance achieves

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21201351
AutoresRobert E Sanders (autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume6
Fascículo4
Páginas475-501
Data de publicação2015-12-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPragmatics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1878-9714 • E-ISSN: 1878-9722
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ps.6.4.01san
OpenAlexW2290037153
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas39

Speaker intention is conceptualized as a property of utterances in context, not speakers; it is based on communally shared knowledge of discursive means to ends. The article’s main theoretical claim is that utterances, in addition to being produced with an intention about their pragmatic meaning, are also produced with an intention to bring about some post-interactional end result. Both types of intention bear on the utterance’s pragmatic meaning. Empirical aspects of the theoretical difference between these two types of speaker intention are shown through analysis of naturally occurring interactions; here, the analytical focus is on the scope, interdependence, recognizability, and fulfillment of each type of intention, with special attention to the functionality of an utterance’s content, composition, and sequential placement as a means of getting a response from the interlocutor(s) that goes along with what the speaker intends as regards the end result of the interaction

Epistemology · Linguistics · Utterance · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology