illocution
Meanings
Plural: illocutions
Noun
- The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From il- (“in”) (an assimilated version of in-) + locution (“speech”), from Latin loquor.
Scrabble Score: 12
illocution is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionaryillocution is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
illocution is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
illocution is a valid Words With Friends word