Perlocutionary Act
Definition:
A perlocutionary act is a speech act that produces an effect, intended or not, achieved in an addressee by a speaker’s utterance.
Examples:
(English)
Here are some examples of perlocutionary acts:
- Persuading
- Convincing
- Scaring
- Insulting
- Getting the addressee to do something
See Also:
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This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.