Meaning

1 senses
  1. The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

    Perlokution

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A utters locution B, meaning illocution C, and resulting in perlocution D.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
effect of utterance:

Origin

From per- + locution.

From per- + locution.

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Forms

plural: perlocutions
Singularperlocution
Pluralperlocutions

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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