Addressivity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Addressivity is a noun meaning (linguistics, philosophy) The quality of being addressive, of engaging in communication for the sake of one's interlocutor.
Meaning
(linguistics, philosophy) The quality of being addressive, of engaging in communication for the sake of one's interlocutor.
Example Sentences
Evidently, in certain languages some of these meanings may be expressed by special affixes (without a causative meaning), as, for example, the meanings of commitativity (cf. 6.3), addressivity (cf. 6.5) and mutuality (cf. 6.6) in Kabardian.
Word Forms
- addressivities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include addressedness, accentuality, articulateness, oracy, articulacy, discoursiveness.
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