See Also: perlocution(dictionary)

perlocution (iou)



perlocution noun. L16.
[medieval or mod. Latin perlocutio(n-), formed as PER-1 + locutio(n-) speaking, LOCUTION.]
The action of speaking; utterance, elocution. rare. Only in L16.
Philosophy & Linguistics. An act of speaking or writing which aims to effect an action but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action, as persuading, convincing. Cf. ILLOCUTION. M20.
perlocutionary adjective of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a perlocution (cf. LOCUTIONARY, ILLOCUTIONARY) M20.