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statement vs speech act

speech act vs statement

statement and speech act both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
statement Yes No No No
speech act Yes No No No
As nouns, speech act is a hypernym of statement; that is, speech act is a word with a broader meaning than statement:
  • statement: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
  • speech act: the use of language to perform some act
statement (noun) speech act (noun)
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc the use of language to perform some act
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 statement and speech act

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