Definition
An interpropositional relation in which the speaker expresses a proposition(s) to increase the addressee's willingness to accept the directive communicated in another proposition.
Examples
(English)
- The ballet company is giving four concerts next week. Tickets are $7.50. It’s new choreography and should be very entertaining.
The last sentence is intended to motivate attendance at the concerts mentioned in the first.
Sources 2
- Mann and Thompson 1987b, 55–56
- Matthiessen and Thompson 1987, 25–26