illocutionary

[il-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee] /ˌɪl əˈkyu ʃəˌnɛr i/
adjective, Philosophy, Linguistics
1.
pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
Compare locutionary, perlocutionary.
Origin
1950-55; il-1 + locution + -ary
Related forms
illocution, noun
Examples from the web for illocutionary
  • Persuasion is central in both, but the grammatical structures and illocutionary devices available in each language vary.
  • To perform an illocutionary act is to use a locution with a certain force.
Word Origin and History for illocutionary
adj.

1955, from illocution + -ary.