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Meaning of perlocute | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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