Communication

Communication is an act in which a speaker S wants to convey a proposition P to a hearer H using words W.

• speaker
  • intention: S wants H to believe P

  • generation: S chooses words W

  • synthesis: S utters words W

• hearer
  • perception: H perceives W'

  • analysis: H infers W' has meanings P1,...,Pn

  • disambiguation: H infers S intended to convey Pi

  • incorporation: H decides to believe Pi (or not)