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Command (umbel:SubjectConcept)
bid, bidding, bids, command, commands, dictate, dictated, dictates, dictating, dictation, had dictated, has dictated, have dictated, injunction, injunctions, will dictate, will have dictated
Definition
A kind of illocutionary force associated with commanding. When illocutionary act has this illocutionary force, then the speaker intends to have the listener either carry out the action described in the utterance and/or bring about the situation described in the utterance. The speaker in any given instance of Ordering_CommunicationAct presupposes that s/he has the authority to command those s/he adresses. `Speaker' and `listener' are broadly interpreted to mean, respectively, any senderOfInfo and recipientOfInfo.
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