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  1. Illocutionary act

    The concept of illocutionary acts was introduced into linguistics by the philosopher J. L. Austin in his investigation of the various aspects of speech acts. In Austin's framework, locution is what was said and meant, illocution is what was done, and perlocution is what happened as a result. When somebody says "Is there any salt?" at the dinner table, the illocutionary act is a request: "please give me some salt" even though the locutionary act (the literal sentence) was to ask a question about the presence of salt. The perlocutionary act (the actual effect), might be to cause somebody to pass the salt.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of illocutionary act in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of illocutionary act in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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