perlocute

verb

perlocute

verb

Etymology Back-formation from perlocution.

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Human sciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Pragmatics, Sciences With the effect as object To achieve a perlocutionary effect.

  • […] a case in which a question illocuted as a genuine, non-rhetorical question is erroneously perlocuted as a rhetorical question.1994, Cornelia Ilie, What Else Can I Tell You?, Almqvist & Wiksell International, page 41:
  • Typically, one can illocute in order to perlocute, but not conversely.2002, Marco Rühl, Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry, Peter Lang Publishing, →ISBN, page 167:
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  • Whether the interactive effect of perlocuting occurs is under the addressee's responsibility.2012, J.F. Rosenberg, Linguistic Representation, Springer Netherlands, →ISBN, page 11:
Related terms
locute, illocute

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