Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
perlocution [Lat.
per- ‘through,’ loqui ‘to talk, speak’]
In speech act theory, an aspect of speech acts that includes the causal effects (intentionally) brought about by a speaker by way of his/her utterance. Perlocutionary acts consist in achieving effects in the hearer through the performance of an illocutionary act, for example, in cheering someone up by asserting that he/she did an excellent job. Just what perlocutionary effects are achieved, in the uttering of a particular illocution in context, may vary widely in differing circumstances.
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