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prelocution

prelocution noun: a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act.

Noun

prelocution (plural prelocutions)

  1. a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act
    • On the Prelocutionary Act in Speech Events，https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103820/http://www.tronest.cn/Article.asp?id=13715652013, 张结根, 言前行为的实施原则和语用解释力, pages （1）71-74

Forms of prelocution

pluralprelocutions

Origin of prelocution

From pre- + locution.

Questions about prelocution

What does prelocution mean?
Prelocution means a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act.
What part of speech is prelocution?
Prelocution is a noun.
What is the plural of prelocution?
The plural of prelocution is prelocutions.

Words near prelocution in the dictionary

  1. prelocated
  2. prelocates
  3. prelocating
  4. prelockdown
  5. prelockout
  6. prelocution
  7. prelocutions
  8. Prelog
  9. prelogging
  10. prelogic
  11. prelogical

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