context of utterance

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• context — In linguistics, context is the parts of an utterance surrounding a unit and which may affect both its meaning and its grammatical contribution. A context free grammar is one where the rules apply regardless of context; a context sensitive grammar …   Philosophy dictionary

• Performative utterance — The notion of performative utterances was introduced by J. L. Austin. Although he had already used the term in his 1964 paper Other minds , today s usage goes back to his later, remarkedly different exposition of the notion in the 1955 William… …   Wikipedia

• performative utterance — noun A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something. Famous examples of performative utterances are I now pronounce you husband and wife (when uttered by the… …   Wiktionary

• Bark (utterance) — A bark is a noise most commonly produced by dogs and puppies. Other animals that make this noise include wolves and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound (especially for large dogs). Other… …   Wikipedia

• linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …   Universalium

• Contextualism — describes a collection of views in philosophy which emphasize the context in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs, and argues that, in some important respect, the action, utterance, or expression can only be understood relative to… …   Wikipedia

• Umberto Eco — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th / 21st century philosophy color = #B0C4DE |thumb|260px image caption = Umberto Eco in May 2005 name = Umberto Eco birth = birth date and age|df=yes|1932|1|5 Alessandria, Italy death =… …   Wikipedia

• token-reflexive — Term used by Reichenbach for what are more commonly now called indexical expressions, i.e. those whose interpretation demands knowing the speaker, or place, or time, or context of utterance. The idea is that these indexes can in turn be referred… …   Philosophy dictionary

• Yaska — IAST|Yāska ( sa. यास्कः),(6th 5th centuries B.C. according to Shukla, Georgetown University) was a Sanskrit grammarian who preceded Pānini. His famous text is Nirukta, which deals with etymology, lexical category and the semantics of words. He is …   Wikipedia

• Dummy pronoun — A dummy pronoun (formally: expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun) is a type of pronoun used in non pro drop languages, such as English. It is used when a particular verb argument (or preposition) is nonexistent (it could also be unknown,… …   Wikipedia

• Atomism — (from ancient Greek atomos, meaning uncuttable ) is a natural philosophy that developed in several ancient traditions. The atomists theorized that the natural world consists of two fundamental parts: indivisible atoms and empty void. According to …   Wikipedia