diff --git a/src/cco-modules/EventOntology.ttl b/src/cco-modules/EventOntology.ttl
index 0b227fc8..5f009601 100644
--- a/src/cco-modules/EventOntology.ttl
+++ b/src/cco-modules/EventOntology.ttl
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ 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 ;