The document discusses the differences between sentence meaning and utterance meaning. A sentence is a grammatically complete string of words that expresses a complete thought, while an utterance refers to the actual use of a sentence in speech by a speaker. An utterance can be a sequence of sentences, a single phrase, or even a single word, as long as it is preceded and followed by silence from the speaker. The document provides examples to illustrate sentences and utterances.
The document discusses the differences between sentence meaning and utterance meaning. A sentence is a grammatically complete string of words that expresses a complete thought, while an utterance refers to the actual use of a sentence in speech by a speaker. An utterance can be a sequence of sentences, a single phrase, or even a single word, as long as it is preceded and followed by silence from the speaker. The document provides examples to illustrate sentences and utterances.
The document discusses the differences between sentence meaning and utterance meaning. A sentence is a grammatically complete string of words that expresses a complete thought, while an utterance refers to the actual use of a sentence in speech by a speaker. An utterance can be a sequence of sentences, a single phrase, or even a single word, as long as it is preceded and followed by silence from the speaker. The document provides examples to illustrate sentences and utterances.
of words expressing a complete thought. This excludes any string of words that does not have a verb in it, as well as other strings. A sentence is a complete expression in a language. EXAMPLES : • I would like a cup of coffee is a sentence. • Coffee, please is not a sentence. • In the kitchen is not a sentence. • Please put it in the kitchen is a sentence. Utterance Meaning The utterance is the actual use of the sentence. It is a unit of speech. An utterance is any stretch of talk, by one person, before and after which there is silence on the part of that person. As to the rule, an utterance is the use by a particular speaker, on a particular occasion, of a piece of language, such as a sequence of sentences, or a single phrase, or even a single word. Example: ‘Hello’, ‘Not much’ are utterances. Where as,‘Pxgotmgt’ and ‘Schplotzenpflaaaaaaargh!’ are not utterances because these strings of sounds is not from any language. That Would Be All *rides dragon* “DRACARYS !!!!”