Vertical deixis refers to the use of language to indicate relative social status or hierarchy between speakers and listeners. It…
An utterance act is the basic unit of speech production, encompassing the physical act of speaking and the literal meaning…
Unbounded deixis refers to linguistic expressions whose reference is not fixed to a specific context, person, place, or time. These…
Token-reflexive deixis refers to linguistic expressions that point to themselves or their own utterance. It's a form of self-reference in…
The strength of an illocutionary point refers to how forcefully or seriously a speaker intends their utterance to be taken.…
Standard implicature, a concept in pragmatics, describes meanings that are suggested or implied by an utterance, rather than explicitly stated.…
Speech Act Theory, pioneered by J.L. Austin and further developed by John Searle, posits that utterances are not merely statements…
Second person deixis refers to the use of 'you' and related pronouns to refer to the listener or reader. It…
Scalar implicature is a type of inference where a listener assumes the speaker chose the weakest statement from a set…
Relevance implicature is a concept in pragmatics where speakers imply meanings beyond literal words, relying on the listener's assumption of…