Functional proposition: A new concept for representing discourse meaning?

I address the question how to delimit concept of a proposition that would suit purpose theories meaning in discourse – is conveyed by speaker, recovered addressee, partly co-constructed them and transmitted via different modalities. Just as we have been, for several decades, addressing boundary between semantics pragmatics, so, argue, should nature content unit functions suitable theoretical construct once has been decided on. My method conceptual analysis builds on foundations seminal answers questions (i) what scope one ought allocate propositions (ii) people interact with communication. end up developing radically contextualist notion pragmatics-rich, naturalized proposition, freed from constraints sentence its structure, pertaining varied, multimodal input conclude discussing functional context philosophical dispelling process some misunderstandings myths about status latter current research discourse.