Perlocute

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To achieve a perlocutionary effect. intransitive, transitive

    "[…] a case in which a question illocuted as a genuine, non-rhetorical question is erroneously perlocuted as a rhetorical question."

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"[…] a case in which a question illocuted as a genuine, non-rhetorical question is erroneously perlocuted as a rhetorical question."

Etymology

Back-formation from perlocution.

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