locutionary: Meaning and Definition of

lo•cu•tion•ar•y

Pronunciation: (lō-ky'shu-ner"ē), [key]
— adj. Philos., Ling.
  1. pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener. Cf. illocutionary, perlocutionary.
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