constative

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable

(linguistics) Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.

Japanese Meaning

(言語学) 発話が情報を伝え、真偽が評価可能な事実陳述を行うことに関連する特性を表す。

In contrast to performative utterances, constative sentences describe states of affairs and can be evaluated as true or false.

行為を伴う発話とは対照的に、陳述的な文は事柄に関する情報を伝え、真偽によって評価され得る。

Sense（1）

(linguistics) Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.

Statements are constative utterances.