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    It is not the case that Gricean pragmatics, centered on speaker meaning and cooperative maxims, frames linguistic behavior primarily from the generator's intentional perspective.

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    • 1.Listener interpretation often diverges from speaker intention; meaning emerges through interaction, not unilateral speaker design.
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    • 2.Power asymmetries and social context constrain 'cooperation': marginalized speakers may not follow maxims due to structural constraints, not irrationality.
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    • 3.Non-intentional linguistic patterns (idioms, conventions, evolutionary origins) shape meaning independently of individual speaker purposes.
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    • 1.Speaker intention is empirically primary: we understand utterances by inferring what speakers mean, not just decoding semantic content.
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    • 2.Cooperative maxims explain how speakers communicate efficiently: quality, quantity, relevance, and manner constraints guide rational communication.
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    • 3.Generator perspective is methodologically justified: speaker intention is more accessible to analysis than audience interpretation or social context.
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