Glossary term I

Illocutionary Connective

An illocutionary connective is a connective that is used to join two or more illocutionary acts in one utterance.

(English)

I will go to his house, but will he be there?

The word but joins two illocutionary acts: the assertion that the speaker will go to someone’s house and the question whether the person concerned will be there.

  1. Searle and Vanderveken 1985, 4
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