illocution
noun/ˌɪləˈkjuːʃn/
Etymology From il- (“in”) (an assimilated version of in-) + locution (“speech”), from Latin loquor.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A 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 and demands upon the speaker in terms of a physical or psychological response.
- Derived terms
- illocute, illocutionary
- Related terms
- allocution, locution, perlocution