Locutionary act
A locutionary act in speech-act theory is an act of creating a significant utterance preceded by silence and followed by silence, or a change of speaker. A locutionary act is known as a locution or an utterance act as well.
Locutionary acts are divided into two types:
An utterance act is a speech act that is composed of the verbal use of items of an expression. To say it another way, it is an act in which something is said (or a sound is made) that may not have any meaning.
Propositional acts are acts where a certain reference is made. These acts are direct and express a particular definable point [ThoughtCo].
The locutionary act is approximately equivalent to uttering a certain sentence with a certain sense and reference [ScienceDirect].
Two types of locutionary acts may be distinguished. The first one is an utterance act, where something is said and which may not be meaningful, and propositional acts, where a specific reference is made [Changing Minds].
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