Expression

'Expression' is a term that is occasionally misleadingly used in descriptions of language. It will sometimes apply to any word or sequence of words. A more accurate definition would be: 'an expressive word or sequence or words'. That is, a word or sequence of words that has not been explicitly put forth in order to convey something or other does not qualify as an 'Expression'. In other words, a linguistic Expression only appears in a communicative context, and, hence, entails an Expresser, just as does any non-linguistic Expression, e. g. a smile, which entails someone who smiles in order to communicate a happy mood to someone else. Expression is thus an externalization of e. g. some information, something wanted to take place, a feeling, etc. and, hence, is a species of Exposition. Exposition is one of the components of Conduct, and, hence, is subject to Phronetic evaluation. The casual use of the term 'Expression', just like all depersonalized treatments of Language, abstract from a fundamental Phronetic context.