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For example, the phrase "Don't do that!", a locutionary act with distinct phonetic, syntactic and semantic features, which corresponds to meaning, is an utterance serving as warning to the listener to not do the thing they are currently doing or about to do. Furthermore, the illocutionary act is
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that explores how words and sentences are not only used to present information, but also to perform actions. As an utterance, a locutionary act is considered a
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and are divided into three different categories: the essential condition, the sincerity condition, and the preparatory condition.
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implicitly describing what the speaker is doing even though the utterance is lacking a
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The term equally refers to the surface meaning of an utterance because, according to
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the actual utterance and its ostensible meaning, comprising
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aspects of any meaningful utterance), as well as an
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Speech Act Theory.
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