Yesterday I was reading some Frege[1] text, "Der Gedanke. Eine logische Untersuchung", or more accurately a French translation by Claude Imbert. In this essay,

Yesterday I was reading some Frege[1] text, "Der Gedanke. Eine logische Untersuchung", or more accurately a French translation by Claude Imbert. In this essay, he makes some interesting remarks on how propositions uttered are only the tip of the iceberg of the meaning intended. What you say is of course true, in the same extent that you already have an idea about what someone is most likely going to say even before they open their mouth. It doesn’t invalidate that in German you might put a twist in the very end of your sentence, something that will be harder in a language structured differently, to the point that most attempt to do so will feel convoluted enough that you will probably spot it far before the end of the sentence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Frege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Frege