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Speech act  

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  • A speech act is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance, including the following: (a) A general act (illocutionary act) that a speaker performs, analyzable as including: the uttering of words (utterance acts), making reference and predicating (propositional acts), and a particular intention in making the utterance (illocutionary force). (b) An act involved in the illocutionary act, including utterance acts and propositional acts, (c) The production of a particular effect in the addressee (perlocutionary act) [http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/speech-act]

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http://w3id.org/meta-share/omtd-share/SpeechAct

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