verdictive
English
Adjective
verdictive (comparative more verdictive, superlative most verdictive)
- (pragmatics) Having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.
Noun
verdictive (plural verdictives)
- (pragmatics) A speech act whereby a judgment is issued.
- 1962, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words, Oxford University Press, published 1965, page 152:
- Verdictives consist in the delivering of a finding, official or unofficial, upon evidence or reasons as to value or fact […]
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Coordinate terms
Other classical types of illocutionary acts
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