illocution

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Noun

illocution (plural illocutions)

1. (linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.

Related terms

• locution
• allocution
• perlocution
• illocute

Translations

• French: illocution
• German: Illokution

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