Communicative Signs Meaning Naturally

Pfister, Jonas (2010). Communicative Signs Meaning Naturally. Pragmatics & cognition, 19(1), pp. 40-67. Amsterdam: John Benjamins 10.1075/pc.18.1.03pfi

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Paul Grice distinguishes between natural meaning and non-natural meaning, where the first notion is especially connected to something’s being a natural sign and the second to communication. It is argued that some of the arguments against the distinction being exhaustive are based on a misinterpretation of Grice, but also that the distinction cannot be exhaustive if one takes into account both the criterion of factivity and the connection to communication. If one makes a distinction between natural and non-natural communication, then there are different types of natural communication to be distinguished: goal-directed communication, intentional communication and open intentional communication. Given the empirical evidence, the behavior of chimpanzees and of human infants may be described as goal-directed communication, but there are also important differences between the communicative behavior of the two.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy
UniBE Contributor:	Pfister, Jonas
Subjects:	100 Philosophy
ISSN:	0929-0907
Publisher:	John Benjamins
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:22
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:06
Publisher DOI:	10.1075/pc.18.1.03pfi
Web of Science ID:	000283821800003
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/7320 (FactScience: 212519)