Re: A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory

Maybe, but the point is that the speaker doesn't
"want" to express anything. It just comes out of its
mouth without any will. Sort of a reflex, just like
when the doctor taps your knee with his little hammer.

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> >
> >A fifth type would be “unintentional” sentences,
> where
> >there is no intention at all, as the names suggests
> >it, and in some cases even no addressee. There are
> >usually “instinctive” sentences.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Surely the latter, by your examples, should be
> emotive sentences, trying
> to express a feeling.

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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