Utterance

Statement as an element of communication

The word utterance referred to in the broadest scope of messages in communication situations. The word goes is fluid in the range of perceptions about which we only regarded as an indication, however, were not necessarily formulated as such. ( "On the steam boiler was great pressure - as remarked that - by a violent hiss of the valve? . " Closer to the intended communication: "Your confusion she expressed openly, she blushed, avoided my gaze and then said .... " ) is the associated with the word idea that there are internal states and external signs by which they can be read.

Characters, movements, gestures can be understood as expressions. The word is also regularly holds together complex communication situations when the content was the same message in all its statements. ( " He expressed to the effect that he wanted to know nothing more of it. " )

While statements, the question may be asked whether they were made correctly and truthfully ( propositional logic is based on the possibility of "true " and " false " statements on ), and while it comes with allegations that someone of his for the truth statement guarantees (it comes to talking about of " misleading ", " wanton " or " bold assertions " ), utterances are differentiated very much essential if you " wills " or " murmurings " speaks of " expressions of life ", " expressions of emotion ." Clearly, the differences between the terms at the moment failing communication - the failure relates in each of these concepts immediately to a completely different area at issue in the communication: Statements of autistic children are difficult to understand - they are rare and we do not know what they mean. Statements of the theory of relativity are difficult to understand, this is due to the complex subject matter. The claims of a person we draw accountable like us seem difficult to understand - we do not want to understand why he goes so far to such implausible claims.

The fact that the word " statement " neither a content nor a form of communication even at a medium such as language is bound, but is simply refers to the possibility of communication, is richly facetted in the self- understanding with which one the "right to freedom of expression " is talking about. It is not about to allow a certain opinion and to the whole spectrum of possible forms of expression of those are covered in writing and pictures to collective in demonstration events at the same place. It is about the fundamental right to " express " give in this case an opinion of himself, to be allowed to.

Statement within the meaning of Linguistics

Statement referred to in linguistics a concrete, spatiotemporally specific action or its result, by the ( loud, in writing or sign language ) character is spawned.

Depending on your perspective, the utterance can be described as a concrete speech act, as part of the slogan, the performance or as a realization of communicative competence.

The statement is to be distinguished from the sentence that " a linguistic description unit at the level of langue " is ( Bussmann ).

As a linguistic product it is expressed in the ratio of type to event (see Token and Type) ( for example, von Kutschera ).

The meaning of an utterance ( utterance meaning ) depends inter alia on the speech environment - in a linguistic nature ( co-text ) or non- linguistic ( context) - ex. The utterance meaning, paired with the illocutionary function of the utterance to the communicative meaning of the utterance, which is the subject of pragmatics.