Conjunctive Illocutionary Act

Broader Terms

  • BT Complex Illocutionary Act

Related terms

  • RT Commitment Between Illocutionary Acts
  • RT Illocutionary Act
  • RT Utterance
Definition note

A conjunctive illocutionary act is a complex illocutionary act that consists of the performance of two or more illocutionary acts in one utterance.

Example note

(English)

The following illocutionary act consists of an assertion and a question:

  • I will go to his house, but will he be there?
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    Bibliographic note
    Page/s: 4, 74
    Source: Searle and Vanderveken 1985

    Searle, John, and Daniel Vanderveken. 1985.Foundations of illocutionary logic. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.