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Saying what you mean, meaning what you say: language, interaction and interpretation
Author(s) -
Astor James
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5922.2010.01902.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , theme (computing) , linguistics , sentence , interpretation (philosophy) , psychology , tone (literature) , affect (linguistics) , philosophy , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system
: As analysts, we strive to say what we mean, which involves understanding the other person's communication, finding the appropriate form of words to articulate what we have understood, and expressing them in the tone of voice which can be heard. Meaning what we say refers to the authenticity of our response, that what we say is sincere. My theme touches on different ways of saying what we mean and how this can affect the meaning of what we say. Some of the issues are aesthetic, some grammatical. How some sentence structures lead to closing off communication while others open it.