Dictionary

exercitive en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having the character of an exercitive act.

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exercitive en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (qualifier:hermeneutics) A speech act in which a decision is made regarding action; examples include orders and grants of permission.
   • Exercitives are not so common. Philosopher-authors are rarely in the position to tell people what to do or think. 1999, Jeffrey A. Mason, The Philosopher's Address: Writing and the Perception of Philosophy, →ISBN, page 51:
   • The hearer's recognition of the speaker's locutionary intention is also an important felicity condition of Austinian exercitives. 2003, Mary Kathryn McGowan, “Conversational Exercitives and the Force of Pornography”, in Philosophy & Public Affairs, volume 31, number 2, pages 155–189:
   • An exercitive is the giving of a decision in favour of or against a certain course of action, or advocacy of it. 1962, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words (paperback), Oxford, published 1965, page 154:

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behabitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · verdictive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · commissive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · expositive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts)