Illocutionary Act
Definition:
An illocutionary act is a complete speech act, made in a typical utterance, that consists of
- the delivery of the propositional content of the utterance (including references and a predicate), and
- a particular illocutionary force, whereby the speaker
- asserts
- suggests
- demands
- promises, or
- vows.
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.