• Illocute

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    Full definition of illocute

    Verb

    1. (philosophy, pragmatics, intransitive or transitive with the speech act as object) To perform an illocutionary act.
      • 1981, Peter Cole, Radical pragmatics
      • 2012, J.F. Rosenberg, Linguistic Representation
      • 2019, Mari Mikkola, Pornography: A Philosophical Introduction
      • 27 Jan 2022, Mitchell Green, What Might Machines Mean?

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