MEANING
Relating to the effect an utterance has on a listener’s thoughts, feelings, or actions.
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The response or change an utterance produces in its listener.Use when describing what speech causes a listener to think, feel, or do.
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Her blunt question had a perlocutionary effect: the room fell silent.
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