Illocutionary

Illocutionary definition: of or having to do with that aspect of an utterance which relates to th...

A communicative plan, that is, a complex illocutionary act, can be accomplished through many poss...

In speech-act theory, the term illocutionary act refers to the use of a sentence to express an at...

When producing an utterance, a speaker's illocutionary intention is his intention to perform some...

According to the conception adopted by Bach and Harnish in 'Linguistic Communication and Speech A...