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perlocution

Definitions

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  • noun linguistics The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

Etymologies

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From per- + locution (from Latin locutio, from loqui to speak)

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Examples

  • I can both urge and persuade you to shut the door, yet the former is an illocution while the latter is a perlocution.

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  1. perlocutionary

relateds (2)

relateds

  1. illocution
  2. locution

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