perlocution

per lo cu tion |ˌpərləˈkyo͞oSHən ˌpərləˈkjuʃən | ▶noun Philosophy & Linguistics an act of speaking or writing that has an action as its aim but that in itself does not effect or constitute the action, for example persuading or convincing. Compare with illocution. DERIVATIVES per lo cu tion ar y |-ˌnerē |adjective ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin perlocutio (n- ), from per- ‘throughout ’ + locutio (n- ) ‘speaking. ’

perlocution

per |locu ¦tion |ˌpəːləˈkjuːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun Philosophy & Linguistics an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action, for example persuading or convincing. Compare with illocution. DERIVATIVES perlocutionary adjective ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin perlocutio (n- ), from per- ‘throughout ’ + locutio (n- )‘speaking ’.