illocutionary

Adjective

Meaning

illocutionary (not comparable)

(linguistics) Of, pertaining to, or deriving from illocution, the performance of acts by speaking.
"I pronounce you man and wife" is a descriptive statement, but also has illocutionary force.
Synonym: (rare) illocutional

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All of these three acts, but especially the "illocutionary act", are nowadays commonly classified as "speech acts". Source: Internet

A first attempt to give some grounds of an illocutionary logic has been given by John Searle and D. Vandervecken 1985. Source: Internet

Searle argues that a similar process can be applied to any indirect speech act as a model to find the primary illocutionary act (178). Source: Internet

Breaking a social taboo can act as an emotional release, with the illocutionary act of expressing a feeling or attitude. Source: Internet

Bruno Ambroise, From Speech Act Theory to Pragmatics: The loss of the illocutionary point. Source: Internet

Here the primary illocutionary act is Y's rejection of X's suggestion, and the secondary illocutionary act is Y's statement that Y is not ready to leave. Source: Internet

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