1.4 Utterance meaning a What do you mean by x a Utterance: sth a speaker utters in a certain Situation with a certain purpose a Utterance meaning: concrete, context dependent peakers meaning
1.4 Utterance meaning ◼ What do you mean by X? ◼ Utterance: sth a speaker utters in a certain situation with a certain purpose ◼ Utterance meaning: concrete, contextdependent ◼ Speakers’ meaning
1.5 Sentence M vs Utterance m (A little boy comes in the front door) Mother: Wipe your feet, please
1.5 Sentence M vs. Utterance M (A little boy comes in the front door.) • Mother: Wipe your feet, please
(a father is trying to get his 3-year-old daughter to stop lifting up her dress to display her new underwear to the assembled Father we dont Do that a Daughter: I KNoW, Daddy. You don't WeAR dresses
(A father is trying to get his 3-year-old daughter to stop lifting up her dress to display her new underwear to the assembled.) ◼ Father: We don’t DO that. ◼ Daughter: I KNOW, Daddy. You don’t WEAR dresses
Sometimes we may know only Sentence M instead of Utterance M Some utterances are not grammatically complete sentences, such as" Ouch a Q: How do we recognize Utterance M? Utterance M: Sentence m+ Context
◼ Sometimes we may know only Sentence M instead of Utterance M. ◼ Some utterances are not grammatically complete sentences, such as “Ouch”. ◼ Q: How do we recognize Utterance M? ◼ Utterance M: Sentence M + Context
1.5 Context Linguistic knowledge Extra-linguistic knowledge
1.5 Context ◼ Linguistic knowledge ◼ Extra-linguistic knowledge