Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illocutionary act

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: il-lo-cu-tion-ary act
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The communicative action performed by a speaker when making an utterance, where the speaker's intention behind the utterance is crucial to its meaning.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

illocutionary acts (plural)

Questions

What does illocutionary act mean?: The communicative action performed by a speaker when making an utterance, where the speaker's intention behind the utterance is crucial to its meaning.

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