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Publication details [#3158]

Facione, Peter A. 1975. Meaning and communication. The New Scholasticism 49 : 1–15.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

illocution | intention | sentence meaning vs. utterance meaning

Annotation

It is assumed that there is a preliminary distinction between a person's meaning something and a sign's meaning something. When someone communicates something, he has the intention to perform an illocutionary act, and the intention to secure uptake.