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speech act

utterance that serves a performative function
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speech act

Summary

speech act ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • speech act is a type of occurrence[2].
  • speech act is a type of human communication[3].
  • speech act's has cause is recorded as speech act pattern[4].
  • speech act's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Speech act[5].
  • speech act's facet of is recorded as speech act theory[6].
  • speech act's has immediate cause is recorded as speaker[7].
  • speech act's manifestation of is recorded as speech[8].
  • speech act's different from is recorded as SPEECH Act[9].
  • speech act's fabrication method is recorded as speech[10].
  • speech act's studied by is recorded as speech act theory[11].
  • speech act's studied by is recorded as philosophy of language[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include occurrence[2] and human communication[3].

Why It Matters

speech act ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

speech

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). speech act. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/speech-act
MLA “speech act.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/speech-act.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_speech-act_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{speech act}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/speech-act}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → speech act pattern
    Manifestation of → speech
    Has immediate cause → speaker
    Studied by → speech act theory, philosophy of language
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9174, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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