Exercitive
"Exercitive" in a Sentence (3 examples)
An exercitive is the giving of a decision in favour of or against a certain course of action, or advocacy of it.
Exercitives are not so common. Philosopher-authors are rarely in the position to tell people what to do or think.
The hearer's recognition of the speaker's locutionary intention is also an important felicity condition of Austinian exercitives.
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