Comments on: Sentences, utterances, propositions

By: ijah pane

ijah pane — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 +0000

i am still confuse about the explanation because you didnt give more example about utterance,proposition,sentences. i need some example to understand it.

By: saraa

saraa — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:50:38 +0000

thx a lot for the explanations given.i think that from now on one should know what to utter, how to utter it and to whom to utter it lest he may be misunderstood or his utterance may be confused with a stce or a proposition then things will mix up and he would never distingish an utterance from a proposition, a stce from a proposition and a proposition from an utterance and,……….

By: PRINCESS

PRINCESS — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:41:17 +0000

wow wow wow. i must say i got mixed up about the arguement that one sentence corresponds to multiple utterances. however i wish to establish the fact that the use of either words or phrases could imply several meaning. still i need some further clarification please.thanks.

By: Pieterson Harefa

Pieterson Harefa — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:06:17 +0000

Thanks for the explanation about them. So, we need some examples about them in order that we can compare, distinguish, and understand more about this artikel. That’s all my suggestion. Thank you

By: H.C.Nganbi

H.C.Nganbi — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:19:03 +0000

thankx, was so much in tense to find this stuff from long time back. Thankx oce again with best ever complimentns.

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:59:14 +0000

Wow, I barely remember this post from over a year and a half ago.

Let's see... I don't think it makes sense to talk about the truth or falsity of sentences, as long as they are distinct from propositions and from, well, people. One can only evaluate something as true or false if it expresses an idea, and further if there is some model of the world that can be compared to the expressed idea. Particular sentences, if you look only at the formal aspects, are not specified for models of worlds, and so cannot per se have true/false values. Of course, it is rare in the course of life to experience a sentence that does not (or never did) express anything true or false.

A sentence can be evaluated as grammatical or not, at least in my conception of the terms "sentence" and "grammatical." Especially in the non-core areas of the grammar, and also in the murky waters of null anaphora and ellipsis, and in very contextually or semantically-constrained constructions, it is difficult to distinguish between "pure" grammaticality and what some call "acceptability."

By: Daniela

Daniela — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:59:57 +0000

Your ideas about propositions, utterances and sentences match mine. But I still have some doubts that Id like to share wity you. Can sentences be true or false? If we consider sentences as grammatical entities, I don’t think they can be true or false. Can a sentence be grammatical or not? If we consider the different meanings of the word grammatical, we’ll have different answers to this question.