lesson 1 - speech acts

Question 1

speech acts

Answer 1

refers to when we use language to achieve purpose

Question 2

language philosopher who formulated the ‘speech act theory’

Answer 2

john langshaw ( j.l) austin

Question 3

locutionary

Answer 3

the phrase or sentence that has meaning

Question 4

illocutionary

Answer 4

the actual intent of the phrase or sentence

Question 5

perlocutionary

Answer 5

the effect that the phrase or speech has on the receiver / resulting act of what was said

Question 6

the person who classified illocutionary into different categories

Answer 6

john searle

Question 7

assertive

Answer 7

its purpose is to communicate/share information in a confident way to the receiver

Question 8

directive

Answer 8

its purpose is to make the receiver perform an action

Question 9

commissive

Answer 9

its purpose is to commit into doing something in the future

Question 10

expressive

Answer 10

its purpose is to express the speaker’s emotions

Question 11

declarative

Answer 11

its purpose is to change the world in an instant