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illocuting

illocuting is the present participle and gerund of illocute.

Meaning of illocute

Verb

illocute (third-person singular simple present illocutes, present participle illocuting, simple past and past participle illocuted)

  1. To perform an illocutionary act.
    • In some such cases, at least, there will be illocutions q such that S can illocute q and thereby (among other things) convey to A that p.1981, Peter Cole, Radical pragmatics, New York: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 93

Questions about illocuting

What is illocuting the present participle and gerund of?
Illocuting is the present participle and gerund of illocute.

Words near illocuting in the dictionary

  1. illocality
  2. illocally
  3. illocute
  4. illocuted
  5. illocutes
  6. illocuting
  7. illocution
  8. illocutional
  9. illocutionarily
  10. illocutionarity
  11. illocutionary

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