Tag: linguistic

Illocutionary Connectives: Linking Speech Acts

Illocutionary connectives bridge speech acts, clarifying the relationship between utterances. They guide…

Steven Haynes

Identity of Illocutionary Forces

Understanding the 'Identity of Illocutionary Forces' means recognizing that the same linguistic…

Steven Haynes

Horizontal Deixis

Horizontal deixis refers to the spatial positioning of entities relative to the…

Steven Haynes

Homophora: Understanding Linguistic Ambiguity

Homophora refers to words that sound alike but have different meanings and…

Steven Haynes

Hodiernal Future Tense

The hodiernal future tense refers to events expected to happen today. It's…

Steven Haynes

First Person Deixis

First person deixis refers to the use of pronouns and other linguistic…

Steven Haynes

Exocentric Construction

An exocentric construction is a phrase where the head is not expressed…

Steven Haynes

Emphatic Alternative Relation

An emphatic alternative relation highlights a choice between two or more options,…

Steven Haynes

Empathetic Deixis

Empathetic deixis refers to linguistic expressions that reveal the speaker's emotional stance…

Steven Haynes

Ditransitivity in Linguistics

Ditransitivity refers to verbs that take two objects: a direct object and…

Steven Haynes