locutionary
[loh-
kyoo
-sh
uh
-ner-ee]
/loʊˈkyu ʃəˌnɛr i/
adjective
,
Philosophy, Linguistics
1.
pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
Compare
illocutionary
,
perlocutionary
.
Origin
1950-55;
locution
+
-ary