Locution

The same locution could have a different illocutionary force in different contexts.

A utters locution B, meaning illocution C, and resulting in perlocution D.

The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.

Another way fathers impact sons is that sons, once their voices have changed in puberty, invariably answer the telephone with the same locutions and intonations of their fathers.

So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

informal locutions