What is a nondefective illocutionary act?

A nondefective illocutionary act is an illocutionary act for which all the presuppositions of the propositional content conditions, preparatory conditions, and sincerity conditions are satisfied.

• What is an illocutionary act?

Searle and Vanderveken 1985 22–23, 78

Context for this page:

• Concept module: nondefective illocutionary act
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): N
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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