Definition
Fit is a correspondence, or lack of correspondence, between the state of affairs described by the propositional content of an illocutionary act and the state of affairs in the world.
Examples
(English)
- The truth or falsity of the contents of an assertive act
- The status of a commissive act's contents as kept or broken by the speaker
- The status of a directive act's contents as fulfilled or unfulfilled by the person from whom compliance is sought
- The successful or unsuccessful performance of a declarative act
Sources 1
- Searle and Vanderveken 1985, 52–53, 96–98