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What is a conjunctive illocutionary act?

 

Definition
 

A conjunctive illocutionary act is a complex illocutionary act that consists of the performance of two or more illocutionary acts in one utterance.

Example (English)
 

  • The following illocutionary act consists of an assertion and a question:

  • I will go to his house, but will he be there?
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    Source:

    Searle and Vanderveken 1985 4

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    Generic
      A conjunctive illocutionary act is a kind of
     
    Source
     

    Searle and Vanderveken 1985:4, 74


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