illocution
əˈkyu adjective Philosophy, Linguistics.
pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
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illocution (ˌɪləˈkjuːʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| philosophy See also performative Compare perlocution Also called: illocutionary act an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening | |
| [C20: from | |
| illo'cutionary | |
| —adj | |
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| illocution (ˌɪləˈkjuːʃən) | |
| —n | |
| philosophy See also performative Compare perlocution Also called: illocutionary act an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening | |
| [C20: from | |
| illo'cutionary | |
| —adj | |
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