Definition
An enablement relation is an interpropositional relation in which a proposition(s) supports a speaker's directive by improving the addressee’s ability to fulfill it or take advantage of it.
Examples
(English)
- Providing an address for an invitation
- Giving a deadline for making an application
Sources 2
- Mann and Thompson 1987b, 54–55
- Matthiessen and Thompson 1987, 23-24