👉 In the field of linguistics, a "chaetal" is a type of linguistic structure that is used to indicate the speaker's intentions or purpose in speaking. It can be defined as a non-essential part of the sentence that does not add any meaning to the speech act itself. For example, if a speaker says "I want to go for a walk," this would be considered a chaetal because it does not convey any information about what they are going to do or why. Instead,