Success Of Fit
Definition:
Success of fit is a correspondence between the state of affairs described by the propositional content of an illocutionary act and the state of affairs in the world.
Examples:
Here are some examples of success of fit:
- The truthfulness of an assertive act’s contents
- The status of a commissive act’s contents as kept by the speaker
- The fulfillment of a directive act’s contents by the person from whom compliance is sought
- A declarative act that is successfully performed
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.