The Propositional Content Condition asserts that for a statement to be meaningful, it must be possible to determine its truth…
A presupposition trigger is a word or phrase that signals the existence of a presupposition. It's a linguistic cue that…
A presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance. It's something the speaker…
The Prespan-End Relation in linguistics describes the temporal relationship between an event and the time it is spoken about. It's…
A potential presupposition is an unstated assumption that must be true for a statement to make sense. Identifying these helps…
Place deixis refers to words or phrases that indicate spatial location relative to the speaker or listener. It's fundamental to…
Personification is a literary device where human qualities or actions are attributed to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas. It…
Person deixis refers to the use of words that point to the speaker, listener, or others. It's fundamental for establishing…
The perfective aspect focuses on the completion of an action or state, viewing it as a single, whole event. It…
Particularized implicatures are context-dependent meanings inferred beyond literal words. They arise from specific situations and shared understanding, not general linguistic…