Definitions from Wiktionary (illocution)
▸ noun: (linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
▸ noun: (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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▸ noun: (linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
▸ noun: (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.
Similar:
pragmalinguistics,
language planning,
vocalism,
description,
object language,
speechlore,
orthology,
linguistry,
language game,
elocution,
more...
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Adjectives:
primary,
indirect,
basic,
direct,
commissive,
particular,
assertive,
secondary,
same,
declarative,
literal
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