Relational social deixis explores how language use, particularly pronouns and honorifics, signals and constructs social relationships and power dynamics between…
Quantity implicature, a concept in pragmatics, describes how speakers imply more than they explicitly state, relying on the listener's assumption…
Quality implicature refers to the unspoken assumptions made about the quality or truthfulness of a statement, often inferred from the…
Proximate person deixis refers to the use of words like 'I,' 'you,' and 'we' to point to people in close…
A presupposition trigger is a word or phrase that signals the existence of a presupposition. It's a linguistic cue that…
Presupposition denial is a linguistic phenomenon where a speaker challenges an underlying assumption within a statement, rather than the statement's…
A presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance. It's something the speaker…
A potential presupposition is an unstated assumption that must be true for a statement to make sense. Identifying these helps…
Potential implicature refers to what a speaker might suggest or imply, even if not explicitly stated. It's about the unsaid…
Place deixis refers to words or phrases that indicate spatial location relative to the speaker or listener. It's fundamental to…