behabitive
English
editAdjective
editbehabitive (comparative more behabitive, superlative most behabitive)
- (pragmatics) Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.
- 1969, Robert W. Jenson, The Knowledge of Things Hoped For[1], page 117:
- 'God is good' is behabitive and commissive said by someone brought up in the Christian tradition, but may not be said by an animist of his high god.
Noun
editbehabitive (plural behabitives)
- (pragmatics) A speech act by which an attitude is adopted.
Coordinate terms
editOther classical types of illocutionary acts
- behabitive
- commissive
- exercitive
- expositive
- verdictive