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illocution
/ 藢瑟濒蓹藞办箩耻藧蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- philosophy an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening Also calledillocutionary act See also performative Compare perlocution
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Derived Forms
- 藢颈濒濒辞藞肠耻迟颈辞苍补谤测, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of illocution1
C20: from il- + locution
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Austin distinguished 鈥渓ocution鈥, the act of speaking itself, from 鈥渋llocution鈥: the thing done in the world by that act.
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