What is a complex illocutionary act?

Definition
	A complex illocutionary act is an illocutionary act that
	has a negated illocutionary force is performed conditionally, or is conjoined with another illocutionary act

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of complex illocutionary acts:
	What is a conjunctive illocutionary act? What is an illocutionary conditional? What is an illocutionary denegation?

Generic
	A complex illocutionary act is a kind of
	What is an illocutionary act?

Source
	Searle and Vanderveken 1985 3, 74

Context for this page:

Concept module: complex illocutionary act
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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