tegemisestwhether
tegemisestwhether is a neologism used in linguistics and philosophy to describe the cognitive and linguistic process of deciding whether to perform an action and signaling that decision in language. The term is typically discussed in the context of decision-making, pragmatics, and modality, where speakers express not only that an action is possible but that a determination to act has or has not been made.
The coinage blends the Estonian word tegema, meaning to do, in the form tegemisest, with the English
In hypothetical analyses, tegemisestwhether is used to discuss how languages encode the moment of deciding to
In cross-linguistic studies, researchers model sentences that include tegemisestwhether as a device to mark internal deliberation
Related topics include hedging, modality, intention, decision theory, and pragmatics.