Outcomes: Saying What You Mean

On Saying What You Mean without Meaning What You Say1

Emma Borg Saying What You Mean: Unarticulated Constituents and Communication

In this paper I want to explore the arguments for so-called ‘unarticulated constituents’ (UCs). Unarticulated constituents are supposed to be propositional elements, not presented in the surface form of a sentence, nor explicitly represented at the level of its logical form, yet which must be interpreted in order to grasp the (proper) meaning of that sentence or expression. Thus, for example, w...

Saying what you mean and meaning what you say: coupling biomedical terminology and knowledge.

Rogers • Editorial T mission statement published in the very first issue of JAOA—The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association was simple: “to serve as a medium for the dissemination of information concerning the work of the Association, and of communication between its widely separated members.”1 To say the least, THE JOURNAL and its mission have evolved considerably since 1901. In recen...

I see what you are saying

The motor cortex in the brain tracks lip movements to help with speech perception.

Saying what you mean in dialogue: a study in conceptual and semantic co-ordination.

This paper explores how conversants co-ordinate their use and interpretation of language in a restricted context. It revolves around the analysis of the spatial descriptions which emerge during the course of 56 dialogues, elicited in the laboratory using a specially designed computer maze game. Two types of analysis are reported. The first is a semantic analysis of the various types of descript...