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PERLOCUTIONA
RY SPEECH ACT
-CHRISTIAN G. SOLIMAN
12-St.foilan
Perlocutionary speech act is an act
or state of mind in which you are
concerned with producing the effect
of meaningful explicit utterance.
Perlocutionary differs from the two,
when we said about locutionary it
focuses on the meaning or making an
act. While illocutionary acts focused on
executing or intentions And
perlocutionary focused on producing or
focusing on the effect of the utterance.
The response may not be necessary
be physical or verbal And you are
elicited by:
Inspiring ir insulting
Persuading or convincing
Deterring or scaring
EXAMPLE
*If someone shouts "FIRE!" and by that
act causes people to exit a building which
they believe to be on fire. They have
performed the Perlocutionary Act of
convincing other people to exit the building.
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