2a. From what is said to what is meant

Question 1

what is exactly communication about?

Answer 1

it is a misperception that communication has primarily to do with words and what they mean.
It doesn’t.
It has primarily to do with people and what they mean

Question 2

locution and illocution

Answer 2

locution is what the sentence means
illocution is what the speaker means

Question 3

types of speech acts

Answer 3

assertive- describing a state of affairs
expressive- conveying a feeling or attitude
directive- attempting to influence the listener’s behavior
commisive- affecting the speaker’s subsequent behavior
declarative- changing a state of affairs

Question 4

Illocution and perlocution

Answer 4

illocution is the speaker’s meaning (the intention)
perlocution is the listener’s meaning (the effect)

Question 5

Semantic approach to human communication

Answer 5

Structure of language
Relationships sign-referent
Wirds describe facts
Communication regarded as an encoding-decoding process
Ambiguity results from errors in communication processes

It is a kind of approach of linguistics, what a dictionary shows, it is concerned with constructions of sentences, meaning of words and objects

Question 6

Pragmatic approach to human communication

Answer 6

use of language
relationship sign-context
words have effects
communication regarded as an intention inference process
ambiguity is inherent in communication processes

It is concerned with the use of knowledge