Affiliation:
1. Cornell University USA
2. University of Missouri USA
Abstract
Abstract
Gricean theories analyse meaning in terms of certain complex intentions on the part of the speaker – the intention to produce an effect on the addressee, and the intention to have that intention recognized by the addressee. By drawing an analogy with cases widely discussed in action theory, we propose a novel counterexample where the speaker lacks these intentions but nonetheless means something and successfully performs a speech act.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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