Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Some questions about context and interpretation One of the most important problems in the study of language use is that of the interpretation of utterances. For our purposes this problem can be formulated in the form of the following question:(1) The interpretation question How can an addressee - a hearer or a reader - determine what information a communicator - a speaker or a writer - intends to convey to him by means of a certain utterance?
DOI: 10.5774/25-0-78
Author: Melinda Sinclair
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $135
OpenAlex ID: W4256370934