illocution
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English
Etymology
From il- (“in”) (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.
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Type of “speech act” being made by a speaker, i.e., the purpose of the statement in terms of how the addressee is to interpret either its truth-value, or its requirements/demands upon the speaker in terms of a physical and/or psychological response.
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aim of speaker
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