He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower. The terms "conversation partner", "hearer", or "addressee" are oftentimes used interchangeably with "interlocutor". Therefore, when examining perlocutionary acts, the effect on the hearer or reader is emphasized. Continuers are a way of the hearer acknowledging or understanding what the speaker is saying. This has to do with what the hearer considers to be a word. The imperative mood shows commands given to the hearer (the second person). Positive face threatening acts can also cause damage to the speaker or the hearer. Fighting words, by contrast, are intended to cause the hearer to react to the speaker. Conditional syntax creates a distance between the speaker's claim and the hearer. Hearing a teaching (transmission) readies the hearer for realization based on it. Each audiencia had "oidores" (a hearer, a judge). Each audiencia had an "oidor" (Spanish&colon; hearer, a judge). All of this is done in attempt to avoid imposition on the hearer.