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The most obvious examples employ performative or illocutionary verbs (describing the performance of an action): for example, promise, arrest, baptize. The ... Update TheOxfordBiblicalStudiesOnlineandOxfordIslamicStudiesOnlinehaveretired.ContentyoupreviouslypurchasedonOxfordBiblicalStudiesOnlineorOxfordIslamicStudiesOnlinehasnowmovedtoOxfordReference,OxfordHandbooksOnline,OxfordScholarshipOnline,orWhatEveryoneNeedstoKnow®.Forinformationonhowtocontinuetoviewarticlesvisitthesubscriberservicespage. Dismiss Jumpto Content PersonalProfile About News SubscriberServices ContactUs Help ForAuthors OxfordReference Publications Pages Publications Pages Help Subject    Archaeology Art&Architecture Bilingualdictionaries Classicalstudies Encyclopedias EnglishDictionariesandThesauri History Languagereference Law Linguistics Literature Mediastudies Medicineandhealth Music Namesstudies Performingarts Philosophy Quotations Religion Scienceandtechnology Socialsciences Societyandculture BrowseAll ReferenceType    OverviewPages SubjectReference Timelines Quotations EnglishDictionaries BilingualDictionaries BrowseAll MyContent (0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveEntry MySearches(0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveSearch Close Highlightsearchterm Print Save Cite Emailthiscontent ShareLink Copythislink,orclickbelowtoemailittoafriend Emailthiscontent orcopythelinkdirectly: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095957841 Thelinkwasnotcopied.Yourcurrentbrowsermaynotsupportcopyingviathisbutton. LinkcopiedsuccessfullyCopylink ShareThis Signin Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Username PleaseenteryourUsername Password PleaseenteryourPassword Forgotpassword? Don'thaveanaccount? SigninviayourInstitution Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Signinwithyourlibrarycard Pleaseenteryourlibrarycardnumber RelatedContent RelatedOverviews speechact perlocutionaryact locutionaryact performative SeeallrelatedoverviewsinOxfordReference »   MoreLikeThis Showallresultssharingthesesubjects: Archaeology Art&Architecture Classicalstudies History Linguistics Literature Mediastudies Music Performingarts Philosophy Religion Societyandculture GO ShowSummaryDetails Overview illocutionaryact QuickReference Inlinguistics,andmorespecificallypragmatics,aninterpersonalactperformedbysayingsomethinginasufficientlyexplicitformtobeunderstood(inarelevantcontext)tohave‘conventionalconsequences’.Themostobviousexamplesemployperformativeorillocutionaryverbs(describingtheperformanceofanaction):forexample,promise,arrest,baptize.Thedefinitivefocushereisonaparticularcommunicativepurposeorfunctionratherthanoneffects;recognitionofthecommunicativeintentiscrucial.Suchactsaresaidtohaveillocutionaryforce:insuchactstosayistodo,asin‘You'refired!’.ThetermwasintroducedintolinguisticsbyAustinanddevelopedbySearle(forthelatterthetermissynonymouswith‘speechact’).Seealsolocutionaryact;performatives;perlocutionaryact;speechact. From:  illocutionaryact  in  ADictionaryofMediaandCommunication» Subjects: Archaeology — Art&Architecture — Classicalstudies — History — Linguistics — Literature — Mediastudies — Music — Performingarts — Philosophy — Religion — Societyandculture RelatedcontentinOxfordReference Referenceentries illocutionaryact in ADictionaryofMediaandCommunication Length:125words illocutionaryact in TheOxfordDictionaryofLiteraryTerms (3) Length:120words illocutionaryactn. in ADictionaryofPsychology (3) Length:79words illocutionaryact in TheOxfordDictionaryofPhilosophy (2rev) Length:156words ViewallrelateditemsinOxfordReference» Searchfor:'illocutionaryact'inOxfordReference» OxfordUniversityPress Copyright© 2022. Allrightsreserved. PRINTEDFROMOXFORDREFERENCE(www.oxfordreference.com).(c)CopyrightOxfordUniversityPress,2021.AllRightsReserved.Underthetermsofthelicenceagreement,anindividualusermayprintoutaPDFofasingleentryfromareferenceworkinORforpersonaluse(fordetailsseePrivacyPolicyandLegalNotice). date:06July2022 CookiePolicy PrivacyPolicy LegalNotice Credits Accessibility [178.128.221.219] 178.128.221.219 Signintoannotate Close Edit Characterlimit500/500 Delete Cancel Save @! Characterlimit500/500 Cancel Save