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Definition of Illocutionary
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Of, pertaining to, or deriving from illocution, the performance of acts by speaking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illocutionary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illocutionary
Literary usage of Illocutionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts : the by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (1998)
"As idioms and colloquial expressions, this is language on its "illocutionary"
level, expressions that are appreciated and used in order to underscore a ..."
2. Identity? Theory, Politics, History: Theory, Politics, History by S. B. Bekker, Rachel Prinsloo (1999)
"... words in an utterance (or sentence) have three kinds of uses (meanings):
locutionary (or prepositional), illocutionary (stating, commanding, ..."
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