Perlocute
"Perlocute" in a Sentence (3 examples)
[…] a case in which a question illocuted as a genuine, non-rhetorical question is erroneously perlocuted as a rhetorical question.
Typically, one can illocute in order to perlocute, but not conversely.
Whether the interactive effect of perlocuting occurs is under the addressee's responsibility.
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