What is an illocutionary connective?

Definition
	An illocutionary connective is a connective that is used to join two or more illocutionary acts in one utterance.

Example (English)
	I will go to his house, but will he be there?
	The word but joins two illocutionary acts: the assertion that the speaker will go to someone’s house and the question whether the person concerned will be there.

Source
	Searle and Vanderveken 1985 4

Context for this page:

Concept module: illocutionary connective
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): I
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)
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