Definition of "illocution" [illocution]

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

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• "Hm, that is a very interesting illustration of an illocution, followed by an allocution."
• "Perlocutions are characteristic aims of one or more illocution, but are not themselves illocutions."
• "I can both urge and persuade you to shut the door, yet the former is an illocution while the latter is a perlocution."