Glossary term C

Chain Of Illocutionary Commitments

A chain of illocutionary commitments is a set of illocutionary acts which are ordered by the relationship of commitment between acts.

(English)

  • Swearing commits one to asserting, which in turn commits one to suggesting.
  1. Searle and Vanderveken 1985, 84
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