Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Dismissive Relation

Definition: 

A dismissive relation is an interpropositional relation which communicates the irrelevancy of some proposition(s) to some other(s) without communicating contraexpectation.

Discussion: 

A dismissive relation is sometimes similar to an indefinite concessive relation.

Examples: 

(English)

We may be back tonight; I'm not sure; either way, just make yourselves at home.

Expressions such as anyhow or at any rate, either in a context similar to the first example or when functioning as subject-changers.

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