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This may be an example of the equivocation fallacy[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation

• mistermann 7y ago
  That would be one example of a fallacy.....I guess maybe what I'm trying to get at is more so something that addresses the more common (frequency of occurrence) examples of ~"imperfect communication" (fallacies &/or rhetorical techniques, intentional or not), that can be most commonly observed in modern day media, both traditional (news) and social (forums, facebook/twitter, etc).
  • bananamerica 7y ago
    I think you're describing a very broad scope of phenomenons. Maybe this will become clearer if you either narrow it a bit or divide them into different, more precise, cases.
    • mistermann 7y ago
      Oh, very much so, the entire spectrum, but sorted by most commonly used/abused. How might one accomplish such a feat would be tough, but even something reasonable accurate with examples of usage would be interesting to read.
      • bananamerica 7y ago
        These might help: https://www.iep.utm.edu/lang-phi/ https://www.iep.utm.edu/lang-phi/ https://www.iep.utm.edu/austin/#SH2b https://www.iep.utm.edu/austin/#SH2b https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/speech-acts/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/speech-acts/