illocute

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from illocution.

Definitions

  1. To perform an illocutionary act.

    • In some such cases, at least, there will be illocutions q such that S can illocute q and thereby (among other things) convey to A that p.
    • Typically, one can illocute in order to perlocute, but not conversely.
    • So, we must not conflate consent with nonrefusal: a failure to illocute refusal does not entail that one has illocuted consent to sex instead.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for illocute. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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