00000cmm a22000008i 4500 UP-99796217612631954 Buklod 20171104150516.0 a r |||| u| ta 171104s2015 xx d u 9781139207706 (ebook) (iLib)UPD-00344414676 DML eng DMLUC P 35 D857 2015eb Duranti, Alessandro author. The anthropology of intentions [electronic resource] language in a world of others Alessandro Duranti. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015. 1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. How and to what extent do people take into account the intentions of others? Alessandro Duranti sets out to answer this question, showing that the role of intentions in human interaction is variable across cultures and contexts. Through careful analysis of data collected over three decades in US and Pacific societies, Duranti demonstrates that, in some communities, social actors avoid intentional discourse, focusing on the consequences of actions rather than on their alleged original goals. In other cases, he argues, people do speculate about their own intentions or guess the intentions of others, including in some societies where it was previously assumed they avoid doing so. To account for such variation, Duranti proposes an 'intentional continuum', a concept that draws from phenomenology and the detailed analysis of face-to-face interaction. A combination of new essays and classic re-evaluations, the book draws together findings from anthropology, linguistics and philosophy to offer a penetrating account of the role of intentions in defining human action. Electronic books. Anthropological linguistics. Language and culture. Intention. Cambridge Books Online (Online service). Available for University of the Philippines System via Cambridge Books Online. Click here to access https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139207706 (viewed 9 November 2017) FO Monograph UPD DMLS P 35 D857 2015eb Electronic Resource