PHIL145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Enthymeme, Presupposition, Implicature
8 Dec 2015
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Acts that language is used to express that are actually accomplished rather than just described. Result in the accomplishment of some act rather than describing it language that is formulated to carry out specific functions such as commanding, questioning, and asserting. Commanding, questioning, and asserting are different kinds assertions that are presented as questions; these questions do not call for an answer, because they present, in interrogative form, the premise that the speaker wants understood. Assertions can be made without employing indicative sentences. Prosody (prosodic) when the audience is obliged to look for evidence against a claim rather than the speaker providing evidence in its favour. A part of a general way of indirectly setting out a premise or a conclusion. Convey a meaning beyond its literal meaning what is not stated, but must be taken as true about some statement in order for that statement to be meaningful. Intended to persuade independently of the speaker"s argument.
