illocution
English
Etymology
From il- (“not”) (an assimilated version of in-) + locution (“speech”), from Latin loquor
Noun
illocution (plural illocutions)
- (linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
Derived terms
- illocutionary
Related terms
- locution
- allocution
- perlocution
- illocute
Translations
aim of speaker
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