Illocutionary Act
Illocutionary Act
An illocutionary act is a complete speech act, made in a typical utterance, that consists of
- the delivery of the propositional content of the utterance (including references and a predicate), and
- a particular illocutionary force, whereby the speaker
- asserts
- suggests
- demands
- promises, or
- vows.
Page/s: 1–2
Source: Searle and Vanderveken 1985
Searle, John, and Daniel Vanderveken. 1985.Foundations of illocutionary logic. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Speech Act
More specific terms
- NT3 ↓ Command
- NT3 ↓ Complex Illocutionary Act ►
- NT3 ↓ Defective Illocutionary Act
- NT3 ↓ Direct Illocution
- NT3 ↓ Elementary Illocutionary Act
- NT3 ↓ Exclamation
- NT3 ↓ Indirect Illocution ►
- NT3 ↓ Nondefective Illocutionary Act
- NT3 ↓ Question ►
- NT3 ↓ Statement ►
Related terms
- RT⇆ Anticipatory Illocution
- RT⇆ Chain Of Illocutionary Commitments
- RT⇆ Commitment Between Illocutionary Acts
- RT⇆ Conditional Relation
- RT⇆ Conjunctive Illocutionary Act
- RT⇆ Failure Of Fit
- RT⇆ Fit
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Conditional
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Connective
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Consistency
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Force
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Inconsistency
- RT⇆ Justification Relation
- RT⇆ Performative Verb
- RT⇆ Pragmatics
- RT⇆ Predicate
- RT⇆ Preparatory Condition
- RT⇆ Propositional Act
- RT⇆ Propositional Content Condition
- RT⇆ Reference
- RT⇆ Sincerity Condition
- RT⇆ Strength Of Illocutionary Point
- RT⇆ Strength Of Sincerity Conditions
- RT⇆ Success Of Fit
- RT⇆ Utterance
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