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For example, a constative (fact-stating) speech act (a) expresses an inner world (an intention to communicate a belief); (b) establishes a communicative relation with a hearer (and thus relates to a social world, specifically one in which both persons share a piece of information, and know they do); and (c) attempts to represent the external world.
Persuasive writing: style, structure and special technique The three key jobs of communicative art-writing: what is it, what is it about, and how does this connect to the rest of the world?
Like a teacher with a student, she was often "pressing him to be more expansive and communicative ," but found that "counterproductive".
Teachers from Katine primary and secondary schools, Soroti secondary school, St Francis School for the Blind in nearby Madera, and Madera secondary school, partners in the Connecting Classrooms programme in the district, were taught how to make and to use puppets as teaching aids, while students received lessons on the communicative power of the puppets.
Republican opposition to the debt ceiling was always a protest against the communicative property of addition; Mr McConnell's proposal allows them to continue this protest, and have Mr Obama take responsibility for sighing and ignoring it.The larger theme is that in an era of populist politics, the struggle to evade responsibility becomes a dominant political concern.
Mr Oswalt hit "send" before he could stop himself, and his poor girlfriend ended up receiving a rather offensive text.Johnson would expect Mr Oswalt's relationships to have moved on from such moments of communicative meltdown.
Brilliant technocrat he may be: but does Mr Singh possess the gutsy political skills he needs to hold together his ramshackle coalition, and the communicative ability to sell uncomfortable changes to the electorate?
STICKING to 140 characters is hard for even the least communicative of politicians.
And losing his partner in politics of the past quarter-century, whatever their differences, will make it harder for him.On top of this, Mr Brown's dour public personality (despite the recent attempts to let a warmer side shine through) stands in stark contrast to the informal and warmly communicative Mr Blair.
(Though, they add, at China's meteorological and rivers bureaus, even state secrets can be imparted if the price is right).Until recently China was no less communicative towards downstream neighbours, who have seen a sharp drop in Mekong levels in recent years.
In future years anyone visiting the University of Miami may notice the imposing Victor Posner Centre for Communicative Disorders and wonder who the benefactor was.
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The adjective "communicative" primarily functions to describe something that is able to convey information, ideas, or feelings effectively . It is often used to characterize people, methods, or systems that facilitate clear and open communication. Ludwig AI confirms this understanding.
Expression frequency: Very common
