Speech Act
Definition of Speech Act
- 1. The use of language to perform some act Noun
Semanticaly linked words with "speech act"
- act
- deed
- human action
- human activity
- congratulation
- felicitation
- slander
- proposal
- proposition
- bid
- bidding
- command
- dictation
- agreement
- citation
- disagreement
- offer
- offering
- asking
- request
- reply
- response
- description
- affirmation
- assertion
- statement
- denial
- rejection
- objection
- informing
- making known
- disclosure
- revealing
- revelation
- promise
- boast
- boasting
- jactitation
- self-praise
- naming
- challenge
- explanation
- denouncement
- denunciation
- address
- speech
- resignation