Merge pull request #473 from gregfowlerphd/463-acts-of-expressive-communication,-propositions,-and-other-issues

modified act of expressive communication definition

Author: neilotte

src/cco-modules/EventOntology.ttl

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ cco:ActOfEstimation rdf:type owl:Class ;
 ###  http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/ActOfExpressiveCommunication
 cco:ActOfExpressiveCommunication rdf:type owl:Class ;
                                  rdfs:subClassOf cco:ActOfCommunication ;
-                                 cco:definition "An Act of Communication that expresses the Speaker's attitudes and emotions towards some proposition."@en ;
+                                 cco:definition "An Act of Communication in which an Agent expresses their attitudes or emotions towards some entity."@en ;
                                  cco:definition_source "Derived (loosely) from: John Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language" ;
                                  cco:is_curated_in_ontology "http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/Mid/EventOntology"^^xsd:anyURI ;
                                  rdfs:comment "Examples: apologizing, condoling, congratulating, greeting, thanking, accepting (acknowledging an acknowledgment)"@en ;