Far from being only a system of signs that express ideas or mirror intent, language-use or languaging (and discourse more broadly) is itself a constitutive cultural-tool (Berger and Luckmann 1966; Säljö 2010; Wertsch 1998).
The change has not been easy on Ms. Packer, who built Shakespeare & Company from scratch as a young British transplant who wanted to create theater where actors would "speak the speech" of Shakespeare — in her words, focus with clarity on the meaning and intent of the language.
"There is not one word in that decision that is not factually correct and in keeping with the intent and literal language of the law".
Both sides understood the intent and the language, and had agreed on a basic framework to deal with this and all the other major issues".
Fortunately, a referendum on state ballots this Tuesday would change the provision without altering its intent; the new language would refer to people who "lack the capacity to understand the act of voting".
In cases where the commissioner and staff have questions about the intent of the language, they should show deference to the views of those lawmakers who enacted the reforms in the first place.
While it is convenient to create short, snappy values statements, this brevity can force people to make assumptions about meaning, leading to frustration when translating both content and intent from one language or regional context to another.
THE second amendment of the American constitution concerns the "right of the people to keep and bear Arms", and the intent of that language is the subject of a perpetual debate, one that will be sharpened by the incoming administration's gun-leaning instincts.
Intent Matching: Natural language search technology to capture queries, understand intent, and match it to high-value content and interactions.
The intent of such language, he said, was to ensure that research products were of good quality, not to give the funder control.
Most people fall off the wagon because they don't understand the mind of the computer and, as such, find translating their intent into programming language hopelessly difficult.
