speech act
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Noun[edit]
speech act (plural speech acts)
- (linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.
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act carried out by speech
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See also[edit]
- speech act on Wikipedia.Wikipedia