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Illocutionary Force Indicating Device (IFID)

An Illocutionary Force Indicating Device (IFID) is a linguistic element that clarifies…

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Illocutionary Force: Understanding the Speaker’s Intent

Illocutionary force refers to the speaker's intention in uttering a statement, such…

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Illocutionary Denegation: Understanding Negative Speech Acts

Illocutionary denegation refers to the negation of the speech act itself, not…

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Illocutionary Consistency

Illocutionary consistency ensures that a speaker's intended action (like promising or warning)…

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Illocutionary Connectives: Linking Speech Acts

Illocutionary connectives bridge speech acts, clarifying the relationship between utterances. They guide…

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Illocutionary Conditional

An illocutionary conditional is a complex speech act where the performance of…

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Illocutionary Act: Understanding the Force of Utterances

An illocutionary act is the speaker's intention or purpose in making an…

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Illative Case

The illative case in linguistics indicates motion into, towards, or within a…

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Idiom

An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be deduced…

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Ideophone

An ideophone is a word that vividly evokes a sensation, sound, or…

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