illocutionary act (English, noun)
expansion: illocutionary act (usually uncountable, plural illocutionary acts)
Senses:
topics: communication
communications
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The communicative action performed by a speaker when making an utterance, where the speaker's intention behind the utterance is crucial to its meaning.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: illocutionary acts
tags: plural