What is a chain of illocutionary commitments?

A chain of illocutionary commitments is a set of illocutionary acts which are ordered by the relationship of commitment between acts.

Searle and Vanderveken 1985 84

Context for this page:

• Concept module: chain of illocutionary commitments
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
• 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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