Whole Presupposed Proposition
A whole presupposed proposition refers to the entirety of what is assumed…
Propositional Content Condition
The Propositional Content Condition asserts that for a statement to be meaningful,…
Presupposition in Linguistics and Philosophy
A presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief…
Illocutionary Conditional
An illocutionary conditional is a complex speech act where the performance of…
Illocutionary Act: Understanding the Force of Utterances
An illocutionary act is the speaker's intention or purpose in making an…
Identity of Illocutionary Forces
Understanding the 'Identity of Illocutionary Forces' means recognizing that the same linguistic…
Defective Illocutionary Act
A defective illocutionary act occurs when the intended force of an utterance…