illocution

English

Etymology

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

Noun

illocution (plural illocutions)

1. (linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
2. (Ithkuil linguistics) 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/demands upon the speaker in terms of a physical and/or psychological response.

Derived terms

• illocutionary
• illocute

Related terms

• locution
• allocution
• perlocution

Translations

aim of speaker

• Czech: ilokuce f
• Dutch: illocutie f
• French: illocution f
• German: Illokution (de) f
• Korean: 발화 (ko) (balhwa)
• Russian: иллокуция (ru) (illokucija)

Ithkuil term

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 语为

• Russian: иллокуция (ru) (illokucija)