illocution

n. [语][哲]语内表现行为(指在特定语境中一讲出话即完成的言语表达行为,如答应、允许等)

发音

US /ˌɪləˈkjuːʃn/

词形变化

illocutions 复数 illocutions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.

    语为

    语言学
  2. 2.

    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.

    语言学

词源

From il- (“in”) (an assimilated version of in-) + locution (“speech”), from Latin loquor.

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