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the use of language to perform some act

↑congratulation, ↑felicitation, ↑slander, ↑proposal, ↑proposition, ↑command, ↑bid, ↑bidding, ↑dictation, ↑agreement, ↑citation, ↑disagreement, ↑offer, ↑offering, ↑request, ↑asking, ↑reply, ↑response, ↑description, ↑affirmation, ↑assertion, ↑statement, ↑denial, ↑rejection, ↑objection, ↑informing, ↑making known, ↑disclosure, ↑revelation, ↑revealing, ↑promise, ↑boast, ↑boasting, ↑self-praise, ↑jactitation, ↑naming, ↑challenge, ↑explanation, ↑denunciation, ↑denouncement, ↑address, ↑speech, ↑resignation

any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.

speech act noun (philosophy and linguistics)

An utterance, such as a directive, defined in terms of the content, the intention of the speaker and the effect on the listener

Main Entry: ↑speech

speech act UK US noun [countable] [singular speech act plural speech acts] linguistics

something that you say

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n. Linguistics & Philosophy an utterance considered as an action, particularly with regard to its intention, purpose, or effect

ˈspeech act 7 [speech act] noun (linguistics)

something that sb says, considered as an action, for example ‘I forgive you’