English noun: speech act | |||
1. | speech act (communication) the use of language to perform some act | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | address, affirmation, agreement, asking, assertion, bid, bidding, boast, boasting, challenge, citation, command, congratulation, denial, denouncement, denunciation, description, dictation, disagreement, disclosure, explanation, felicitation, informing, jactitation, making known, naming, objection, offer, offering, promise, proposal, proposition, rejection, reply, request, resignation, response, revealing, revelation, self-praise, slander, speech, statement | ||