The same locution could have a different illocutionary force in different contexts.
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Locution
/loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/
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A utters locution B, meaning illocution C, and resulting in perlocution D.
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The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
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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.
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