A perlocutionary act is any speech act that amounts to persuading, convincing, scaring, enlightening, inspiring, or otherwise getting someone to do or realize something. When examining perlocutionary acts, the effect in the hearer or reader is emphasized. Unlike illocutionary acts, which stress some linguistic performance, a perlocutionary act's effect is in some sense external to the performance. -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My uncle is a retired philosophy professor out in British Columbia.
If anyone is interested in checking into his blogsite I've posted it below.
He covers a variety of topics...interesting to keep abreast of!
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