On the emotive-assertion account, an emotion is predicated of a subject and could in principle be attributed to any subject, time, or place; thus origo orientation does not follow directly.

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Empirical and theoretical arguments against equating exclamatives and emotive assertions — Origo dependence, free indirect discourse, and the nature of exclamative attitude

The emotive attitude would hinge on a regular predication of a subject

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2001#unit-5-p3

Empirical and theoretical arguments against equating exclamatives and emotive assertions — Origo dependence, free indirect discourse, and the nature of exclamative attitude

The emotive attitude would hinge on a regular predication of a subject

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2001#unit-5-p3

Empirical and theoretical arguments against equating exclamatives and emotive assertions — Origo dependence, free indirect discourse, and the nature of exclamative attitude

The emotive attitude would hinge on a regular predication of a subject

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2001#unit-5-p3

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