LOCUTIONARY


Meaning of LOCUTIONARY in English

/loh kyooh"sheuh ner'ee/ , adj. Philos., Ling.

pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener. Cf. illocutionary, perlocutionary .

[ 1950-55; LOCUTION + -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .