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<p>According to <i>semantic intentionalism</i>, the content of a context-sensitive expression is at least partly determined by an intention of the speaker about this very content - a <i>semantic intention</i>. This article first argues that we have been given no independent reason to think that speakers have certain crucial semantic intentions, despite recent efforts in the literature. This article further argues that a key motivation for preferring semantic intentionalism to <i>communicative intentionalism</i> - a form of intentionalism that regards audience-directed intentions as determinative - can be accepted while endorsing a particular brand of communicative intentionalism. According to this brand, communicative intentions are structured, and one component in the structure determines the content of context-sensitive expressions.</p>

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Semantic intentions: still missing

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    2026年5月18日

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  • Victor Tamburini

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According to semantic intentionalism, the content of a context-sensitive expression is at least partly determined by an intention of the speaker about this very content - a semantic intention. This article first argues that we have been given no independent reason to think that speakers have certain crucial semantic intentions, despite recent efforts in the literature. This article further argues that a key motivation for preferring semantic intentionalism to communicative intentionalism - a form of intentionalism that regards audience-directed intentions as determinative - can be accepted while endorsing a particular brand of communicative intentionalism. According to this brand, communicative intentions are structured, and one component in the structure determines the content of context-sensitive expressions.