verdictive

English

Etymology

From verdict +‎ -ive.

Adjective

verdictive (comparative more verdictive, superlative most verdictive)

1. (pragmatics) Having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.

Noun

verdictive (plural verdictives)

1. (pragmatics) A speech act whereby a judgment is issued.
   • 1962, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words, Oxford University Press, published 1965, page 152:

     Verdictives consist in the delivering of a finding, official or unofficial, upon evidence or reasons as to value or fact […]

Coordinate terms

Other classical types of illocutionary acts

• behabitive
• commissive
• exercitive
• expositive
• verdictive