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Publication details [#8728]
Searle, John R. 1980. The background of meaning. In Searle, John R., Ferenc Kiefer and Manfred Bierwisch, eds. Speech act theory and pragmatics. Reidel. pp. 221–232. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
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Article in book
Publication language
English
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S. argues that in general the meaning of a sentence only has application (or only determines a set of truth conditions) against a background of assumptions and practices that are not representable as part of the meaning.