Illocute

In some such cases, at least, there will be illocutions q such that S can illocute q and thereby (among other things) convey to A that p.

Typically, one can illocute in order to perlocute, but not conversely.

So, we must not conflate consent with nonrefusal: a failure to illocute refusal does not entail that one has illocuted consent to sex instead.

[…] [S]ome of these refinements also help us make progress on the question whether machines can illocute.