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单词 illocution
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Definition of illocution in English:

illocution

noun ˌɪləˈkjuːʃ(ə)nˌiləˈkyo͞oSHən
Linguistics Philosophy
  • An act of speaking or writing which in itself effects or constitutes the intended action, e.g. ordering, warning, or promising.

    Compare with perlocution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perlocutions ‘proceed’ from locutions and illocutions, but not vice versa.
    • Meaning corresponds with illocution, while significance is best related to perlocution.
    • Though both reject a mere psychological description of authorial intent, they differ with regards to whether intention is restricted to illocutions or incorporates perlocutionary elements as well.
    • These implicit aspects of the message go beyond the locutionary act itself and also beyond the explicit aspects of its illocution.
    • In particular, speech act theory is built on his discussion of locution, illocution, and perlocution.

Derivatives

  • illocutionary

  • adjectiveˌɪləˈkjuːʃ(ə)nəriˌɪləˈkjuʃ(ə)nɛri
    Philosophy Linguistics
    • Just as all speech acts are unities of an illocutionary force and a propositional content, so all intentional states are unities of a psychological mode and an intentional content.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this article we analyze the grammar of codes of ethics as a written locutionary act, and attempt to determine their implicit illocutionary and perlocutionary values.
      • I guess the meaning is the illocutionary force of interrogativeness with no propositional content.
      • The illocutionary act is what is directly achieved by the conventional force associated with the issuance of a certain kind of utterance in accord with a conventional procedure.
      • Austin distinguishes among three components in a total speech act: the locutionary act, the illocutionary act, and the perlocutionary act.

Definition of illocution in US English:

illocution

nounˌiləˈkyo͞oSHən
Linguistics Philosophy
  • An act of speaking or writing which in itself effects or constitutes the intended action, e.g. ordering, warning, or promising.

    Compare with perlocution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meaning corresponds with illocution, while significance is best related to perlocution.
    • Perlocutions ‘proceed’ from locutions and illocutions, but not vice versa.
    • Though both reject a mere psychological description of authorial intent, they differ with regards to whether intention is restricted to illocutions or incorporates perlocutionary elements as well.
    • In particular, speech act theory is built on his discussion of locution, illocution, and perlocution.
    • These implicit aspects of the message go beyond the locutionary act itself and also beyond the explicit aspects of its illocution.
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