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speech act vs statement

statement vs speech act

speech act and statement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speech act Yes No No No
statement Yes No No No
As nouns, statement is a hyponym of speech act; that is, statement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speech act:
  • speech act: the use of language to perform some act
  • statement: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Other hyponyms of speech act include congratulation, felicitation, slander, proposal, proposition, bid, bidding, command, dictation, agreement, citation, disagreement, offer, offering, asking, request, reply, response, description, affirmation, assertion, denial, rejection, objection, informing, making known, disclosure, revealing, revelation, promise, boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise, naming, challenge, explanation, denouncement, denunciation, address, speech, resignation.
speech act (noun) statement (noun)
the use of language to perform some act a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
a document showing credits and debits
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
(music) the presentation of a musical theme
a nonverbal message
the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Difference between speech act and statement

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