Suasion

Definition:

A Speaker expresses through language his wish to get the Addressee to act and as a result the Addressee forms an intention do so. There is no implication that the Addressee actually acts upon the intention formed. In the case of convince and persuade, the act that the Speaker wishes the Addressee to perform can be the adoption of a belief, which may be expressed as a that-clause or as an of-PP complement. This frame differs from Attempt_suasion in that in Suasion, the Addressee has changed their mind in accord with the Speaker's wishes, whereas in Attempt_suasion, the only implication is that the Speaker communicates with the intent of changing the mind of the Addressee.

FEs:

Core:
Addressee [Add]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The person that the Speaker seeks to influence to act.

Content [Cont]
Semantic Type
Content
The wish for action on the Addressee's part that the Speaker expresses.

Speaker [Spkr]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The person who intends through the use of language to get another person to act.

Text [Text]
A piece of written or spoken material that changes the mind of the Addressee.
       His speech CONVINCED me to join the Peace Corps.
 

Topic [Top]
The general item or items that are the focus of the Content of the Speaker's message.
       You haven't CONVINCED me about that yet.
 
Non-Core:

Degree [Degr]
Semantic Type
Degree
Degree to which event occurs

Means [Mns]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
An act of the Speaker that accomplishes the persuasion.
       I PERSUADED the committee by giving each member a grand.
 

Inherits From: Eventive_cognizer_affecting
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Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
Uses: Attempt_suasion, Communication, Eventive_cognizer_affecting
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Lexical Units

convencer.v, disuadir.v, persuadir.v

Created by josef on Fri Mar 02 09:25:04 CET 2001