non-truth-conditional statements
[non-troōth-kən-ˈdi-shə-nəl ˈstāt-mənts]
nounpl: non-truth-conditional statements
enunciados não condicionais de verdade
1. In philosophy of language and semantics, statements whose truth value cannot be determined solely by whether they correspond to reality; utterances whose meaning or function goes beyond asserting facts about the world
Exclamations like 'Ouch!' and performative statements like 'I hereby pronounce you husband and wife' are non-truth-conditional statements because their meaning is not reducible to true or false conditions.
Exclamações como 'Ai!' e enunciados performativos como 'Eu vos declaro marido e mulher' são enunciados não condicionais de verdade porque seu significado não é reduzível a condições de verdade ou falsidade.
2. Linguistic expressions that serve functions such as expressing emotions, issuing commands, making requests, or performing social actions rather than describing states of affairs
Questions, imperatives, and expressives are typically classified as non-truth-conditional statements in linguistic analysis.
Perguntas, imperativos e expressivos são tipicamente classificados como enunciados não condicionais de verdade na análise linguística.
This is primarily a technical term used in academic philosophy, linguistics, and semantics departments. It emerged prominently in Anglo-American philosophy of language in the 20th century through the work of J.L. Austin and others. The term has become increasingly important in contemporary debates about meaning, reference, and the functions of language across both Brazilian and Portuguese academic communities.
Related Idioms & Phrases
beyond the scope of truth and falsity
performing an action with words
expressing rather than asserting
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