Meaning of perlocute | Babel Free

Definitions

To achieve a perlocutionary effect.

intransitive, transitive

Examples

“[…] a case in which a question illocuted as a genuine, non-rhetorical question is erroneously perlocuted as a rhetorical question.”

“Typically, one can illocute in order to perlocute, but not conversely.”

“Whether the interactive effect of perlocuting occurs is under the addressee's responsibility.”

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