"prelocution" meaning in English

See prelocution in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: prelocutions [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + locution. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|locution}} pre- + locution Head templates: {{en-noun}} prelocution (plural prelocutions)
  1. (linguistics) a mental planning act before a verbal locution in a speech act Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: locution, illocution, perlocution, prelocutionary

Inflected forms

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