Full Idea
If I have uttered my sentence aloud, a listener can both understand what I say or grasp my meaning, and also infer to my state of mind.
Gist of Idea
When I utter a sentence, listeners grasp both my meaning and my state of mind
Source
Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], I)
Book Reference
Ryle,Gilbert: 'Collected Essays 2 1929-1968' [Routledge 2009], p.16
A Reaction
This simple observations seems rather important. If we shake written words onto the floor, they might add up to a proper sentence, but half of the point of a sentence is missing. Irony trades on the gap between meaning and state of mind.