promising
In the following sentence what does the"promising" mean?Could you say it in other words?
"Examples of functions of the language include asking questions, requesting, conforming and promising."

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'Promising' is a communicative function. It means 'making promises'. An example would be:

'Trust me. I won't tell anyone your secret.'

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The only word that I can think of that you could simply replace "promising" with is "committing".

"Examples of functions of the language include asking questions, requesting, conforming and committing."

A promise is a commitment to do something but with the emphasis that it will be done.  It won't be forgotten or ignored.

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Thanks a lot.

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