speech act
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(noun) the use of language to perform some act |
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Related Words: act, address, affirmation, agreement, asking, assertion, bid, bidding, boast, boasting, challenge, command, denial, denouncement, denunciation, description, dictation, disagreement, human action, human activity, informing, interpretation, jactitation, making known, naming, objection, offer, offering, promise, proposal, rejection, reply, request, resignation, response, self-praise, slander, speech, statement |
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