Prelocution

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act

    "On the Prelocutionary Act in Speech Events，https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103820/http://www.tronest.cn/Article.asp?id=1371565"

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"On the Prelocutionary Act in Speech Events，https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103820/http://www.tronest.cn/Article.asp?id=1371565"

Etymology

From pre- + locution.

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