ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Joint Attention, Sept, Intentionality
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Intention vs. non-intentional: communication discussed last lecture (sept. 6. Winking and blinking although the person twitching is not intending to communicate they are still doing so non- the less, we communicate unintentionally at times. Looking directly to the front of the class demonstrates intentionally communication. Blinking/twitching, sweating, and perhaps crying (communicative but not intentionally done so) It also includes things like walking or looking in a certain direction or drying one"s face with a cloth. Standing on the corner of the street, giving the impression to the driver of whether or not he/she would like to cross. Humans are masters of intention reading one human can manipulate another"s capacity to read intention. Feinting the sport version of manipulation of communicative intention. Distinguishing the true intention movement from the untrue intentionally communicative feint etc. referential (picking something out; specific reference) vs. non-referential: referential communication is necessarily intentional (all reference is intentional.
