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Understanding Perlocutionary Acts

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Perlocution

Perlocutionary Act
● It is the effects, intentional or unintentional, the
utterance has on the behavior, thoughts, and
feelings of the addressee.
● This is the result or effect produced by the utterance
in the given context.
● There is a perlocutionary act when, by saying
something, a speaker gets an addressee to do
something.
Example:

Ali : It’s getting dark in here.


Luna : I’ll turn the lights on.
Ali : Great!
Example:

Carl : It’s the Rockers’ lead singer!


Jess : Where?! (screams and runs toward where the
singer is)

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