Defenition of the word speech act
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Defenition of the word speech act
- the use of language to perform some act
Hyponyms for the word speech act
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- address
- affirmation
- agreement
- asking
- assertion
- bid
- bidding
- boast
- boasting
- challenge
- citation
- command
- congratulation
- denial
- denouncement
- denunciation
- description
- dictation
- disagreement
- disclosure
- explanation
- felicitation
- informing
- jactitation
- making known
- naming
- objection
- offer
- offering
- promise
- proposal
- proposition
- rejection
- reply
- request
- resignation
- response
- revealing
- revelation
- self-praise
- slander
- speech
- statement
Hypernyms for the word speech act
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- act
- deed
- human action
- human activity
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