Meanings
nounspeech act (plural speech acts)
plural speech acts
- human sciencesAn act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.
Translations
Catalan acte de parla
- acte de parlaact carried out by speech
Danish talehandling
- talehandlingact carried out by speech
Dutch taalhandeling, taaldaad
- taalhandelingact carried out by speech
- taaldaadact carried out by speech
Finnish puhetoimitus
- puhetoimitusact carried out by speech
French acte de langage
- acte de langageact carried out by speech
German Sprechakt, Sprechhandlung
- Sprechaktact carried out by speech
- Sprechhandlungact carried out by speech
- Sprachhandlungact carried out by speech
- sprachliche Handlungact carried out by speech
Greek γλωσσική πράξη
- γλωσσική πράξη (glossikí práxi)act carried out by speech
Hungarian beszédaktus
- beszédaktusact carried out by speech
Irish gníomh cainte
- gníomh cainteact carried out by speech
Italian atto linguistico
- atto linguisticoact carried out by speech
Polish akt mowy
- akt mowyact carried out by speech
Portuguese ato de falo
- ato de faloact carried out by speech
Spanish acto de habla
- acto de hablaact carried out by speech
Swedish talhandling, talakt
- talhandlingact carried out by speech
- talaktact carried out by speech
Ukrainian мовленнє́вий акт
- мовленнє́вий акт (movlennjévyj akt)act carried out by speech
Cite this entry
APA
speech act. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20act
MLA
“speech act.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20act. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speech act,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20act.
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