Everything we've ever posted about locution:

the basic wording or literal content of a statement before considering its intended function or effect.

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The Force Beneath the Phrase

Words do more than state facts. Illocutionary force helps us ask what a speaker is doing through the words: warning, comforting, rebuking, inviting, or strengthening. Without context, we may preserve the sentence while missing the communication.

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