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illocution

noun
/ˌɪləˈkjuːʃn/

Etymology

From il- (“in”) (an assimilated version of in-) + locution (“speech”), from Latin loquor.

  1. derived from loquor

Definitions

  1. The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.

  2. A type of speech act being made by a speaker, i.e., the purpose of the statement in terms…

    A type of speech act being made by a speaker, i.e., the purpose of the statement in terms of how the addressee is to interpret either its truth-value, or its requirements and demands upon the speaker in terms of a physical or psychological response.

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Derived

illocute, illocutionary

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA