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conventional
traditional; standard
cooperative
working together
violate
break rules
contextual
Related to circumstances
utterance
Spoken words or statements
inference
conclusion from evidence
implicature
lengthy and wandering discussion
conversational
implied meaning beyond literal words
illocutionary
word pointing to specific context
maxim
place within a specific setting
presupposition
convert into code or symbols
perlocutionary
Effect intended to change someone's thinking or behavior
felicity
appropriateness or correctness
flouting
Violating an understood rule
commissive
A statement expressing a commitment to do something
propositional
Capable of being true or false
hedging
Using vague language to avoid commitment
directive
A request or command to do something
scalar
Arranged on a graduated scale from weak to strong
explicature
What the speaker means in addition to literal meaning