illocution

illocution
The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
See Also: locution, allocution, perlocution, illocute

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  • illocution — (n.) 1955, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + LOCUTION (Cf. locution) …   Etymology dictionary

  • illocution — n. act carried out by speaking …   English contemporary dictionary

  • illocution — [ˌɪlə kju:ʃ(ə)n] noun an action performed by saying or writing something, e.g. ordering or promising. Derivatives illocutionary adjective …   English new terms dictionary

  • illocution — il·locution …   English syllables

  • illocution — /ɪləˈkjuʃən/ (say iluh kyoohshuhn) noun an utterance which constitutes an act, such as promising or requesting, by virtue of being uttered, as I declare this meeting open. See performative. {il 1 + locution} –illocutionary, adjective …  

  • illocution — noun see illocutionary …   Useful english dictionary

  • illocutionary — illocution, n. /il euh kyooh sheuh ner ee/, adj. Philos., Ling. pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting. Cf. locutionary, perlocutionary. [1950 55; IL 1 +… …   Universalium

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  • SIGNE ET SENS — Interroger sur le rapport entre signe et sens, c’est poser un problème qui n’a guère été formulé dans ces termes avant le XVIIe siècle, plus précisément avant Condillac. C’est demander quel lien nos idées et nos pensées entretiennent avec les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • illocutionary — 1955, from ILLOCUTION (Cf. illocution) + ARY (Cf. ary) …   Etymology dictionary

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