Perlocutionary Act
Perlocutionary Act
A perlocutionary act is a speech act that produces an effect, intended or not, achieved in an addressee by a speaker’s utterance.
(English)
Here are some examples of perlocutionary acts:
- Persuading
- Convincing
- Scaring
- Insulting
- Getting the addressee to do something
Page/s: 25
Source: Searle 1969
Searle, John. 1969.Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 225
Source: Crystal 1985
Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Speech Act
Related terms
- RT⇆ Addressee
- RT⇆ Command
- RT⇆ Perlocutionary Failure
- RT⇆ Perlocutionary Verb
- RT⇆ Propositional Act
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/perlocutionary-act
