prelocution

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ locution.

Noun

prelocution (plural prelocutions)

1. (linguistics) a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act
   • 2013, 张结根, 言前行为的实施原则和语用解释力, pages （1）71-74

     On the Prelocutionary Act in Speech Events，https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103820/http://www.tronest.cn/Article.asp?id=1371565

Related terms

• locution
• illocution
• perlocution
• prelocutionary

Anagrams

• perlocution