FINAL MAGAZINE III
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SEMANTICS<br />
PROPOSITION<br />
It was taken Web says:<br />
A proposition is a sentence<br />
expressing something true or false. A<br />
proposition is that part of the<br />
meaning of a clause or sentence that<br />
is constant, despite changes in such<br />
things as the voice or illocutionary<br />
force of the clause. E.g. The<br />
common content of each of the<br />
following utterances is a<br />
proposition:<br />
EXAMPLES<br />
• Mike drank the beer.<br />
• The beer was drunk by Mike.<br />
• Did Mike drink the beer?<br />
• Mike, drink the banana.<br />
UTTERANCE<br />
An utterance is the use of any piece of<br />
language by a particular speaker on a<br />
particular situation.<br />
It can be in the form of a sequence of<br />
sentences, a single clause, a single<br />
phrase, or just a single word.<br />
EXAMPLES<br />
• Charlie walk with his girlfriend<br />
Caroline<br />
• Caroline said: “look at the clown<br />
there”<br />
• Charlie looked but he’s stumbled<br />
ontowith garbage can and he fell on the<br />
ground<br />
Charlie: “Ouch”
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