commissive

English

Adjective

commissive (comparative more commissive, superlative most commissive)

1. By commission; resulting from a positive act.

   This error was commissive rather than omissive.

2. (pragmatics) Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.

   "I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement.

Derived terms

• commissively
• commissive mood

Translations

making a commitment by illocutionary means

• German: kommissiv (de)
• Korean: 언약적 (eonyakjeok)

Noun

commissive (plural commissives)

1. (pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.

Coordinate terms

Other classical types of illocutionary acts

• behabitive
• commissive
• exercitive
• expositive
• verdictive

 

Translations

speech act by which a commitment is made

• German: Kommissiv n
• Korean: 언약행위 (eonyakhaeng'wi)

Italian

Adjective

commissive

1. feminine plural of commissivo