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prelocutions

prelocutions is the plural of prelocution.

Meaning of prelocution

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

Questions about prelocutions

What is prelocutions the plural of?
Prelocutions is the plural of prelocution.

Words near prelocutions in the dictionary

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

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