illocutionary

IPA/ˌɪləˈkjuːʃənəri/
IPA/ˌɪləˈkjuːʃəneri/

illocutionary — 形容詞

  • illocutionarypositive
  • more illocutionarycomparative
  • most illocutionarysuperlative

1. describing the intended social action that a speaker performs by saying somethin

1.形容詞C1
釋義

言外行為的

透過說話完成行為的

describing the intended social action that a speaker performs by saying something — for instance making a promise, issuing a command, or offering a warning — rather than simply stating the literal words.

例句

Dr. Tanvi explained the illocutionary force behind a simple promise during her linguistics lecture.

Tanvi 博士在她的語言學課堂上解釋了一個簡單承諾背後的言外力量。

illocutionary + noun (force)

Selim asked his students to find the illocutionary act in a recorded phone conversation.

Selim 要求學生找出某段錄音對話中的言外行為。

illocutionary + noun (act)

常見搭配
  • illocutionary force
  • illocutionary act
  • illocutionary meaning
  • illocutionary purpose
同義詞
  • performative

    Performative is a narrower term limited to utterances where saying the words IS the action (e.g. 'I promise'), whereas illocutionary covers all intended speech acts including commands, apologies, and warnings.

  • pragmatic

    Pragmatic is a broader term covering all aspects of meaning in context; illocutionary specifically refers to the speaker's intended action through speech.

反義詞
  • locutionary

    Locutionary refers to the literal act of uttering words, while illocutionary concerns the force or intention behind the utterance.

文法句型

illocutionary + noun (force, act, meaning, purpose)

用法筆記

Frequently appears as a modifier in the noun phrases 'illocutionary force', 'illocutionary act', and 'illocutionary meaning'. This is a specialist term from speech-act theory (philosophy of language and linguistics); it is rarely used in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

The word apology has illocutionary meaning.
The apology carried an illocutionary force of repairing trust.
illocutionary describes the intended action performed by an utterance, not a property of a single word.

同根字

  • illocution
    名詞C2
  • illocutionarily
    副詞C2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • illocutionary force of an utterance