Perlocutionary act - Wikipedia

A perlocutionary act (or perlocutionary effect) is the effect of an utterance on an interlocutor. ... Examples of perlocutionary acts include persuading, ... Perlocutionaryact FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Aperlocutionaryact(orperlocutionaryeffect)istheeffectofanutteranceonaninterlocutor.[1]Examplesofperlocutionaryactsincludepersuading,convincing,scaring,enlightening,inspiring,orotherwiseaffectingtheinterlocutor.Theperlocutionaryeffectofanutteranceiscontrastedwiththelocutionaryact,whichistheactofproducingtheutterance,andwiththeillocutionaryforce,whichdoesnotdependontheutterance'seffectontheinterlocutor.[2] Asanexample,considerthefollowingutterance:"Bytheway,IhaveaCDofDebussy;wouldyouliketoborrowit?"Itsillocutionaryfunctionisanoffer,whileitsintendedperlocutionaryeffectmightbetoimpresstheinterlocutor,ortoshowafriendlyattitude,ortoencourageaninterestinaparticulartypeofmusic.Theactualperlocutionaryeffectcanbedifferentthantheintendedperlocutionaryeffect.Inthisexample,thespeakermayhaveintendedtoshowafriendlyattitude,butthelistenermightbecomeirritatediftheythoughtthespeaker'sintentwastoimpressthem. References[edit] ^Austin,JohnL.(1962).HowtoDoThingswithWords.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.p. 101.Sayingsomethingwilloften,orevennormally,producecertainconsequentialeffectsuponthefeelings,thoughts,oractionsoftheaudience,orofthespeaker,orofotherpersons:anditmaybedonewiththedesign,intention,orpurposeofproducingthem. ^Green,Mitchell(2017).Zalta,EdwardN.(ed.)."SpeechActs".TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(Winter2017 ed.).RetrievedSeptember1,2020. Thispragmatics-relatedarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perlocutionary_act&oldid=1095315747" Categories:LinguisticsPragmaticsOralcommunicationDiscourseanalysisLinguisticsstubsHiddencategories:Allstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages CatalàDeutschΕλληνικάFrançais한국어ÍslenskaItalianoMagyarNederlandsPortuguêsСрпски/srpski Editlinks