Lesson 6: Types of Speech Act Flashcards
an utterance that a speaker
makes to achieve an intended effect.
speech act
Speech acts are performed when a person offers an
apology, greeting, request, complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal
Speech act is an
act of communication
developer of the speech act theory
j.l. austin (1962)
full name of j.l austin
john langshaw austin
j.l. austin (1962) was also a
philosopher of language
three types of speech act acc. to austin
locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary
the actual act of uttering or saying something.
locutionary act
This act happens with the utterances of a sound, a word or even a phrase as a
natural unit of speech.
locutionary act
For the utterances to be a Locutionary Act, consider the following:
it has sense, same meaning for both sender and receiver, give rise to shared meaning
is the social function of what is said
illocutionary act
it is not just saying something itself but with the act
of saying something with the intention of:
illocutionary act
intentions of illocutionary act
stating opinion, prediction, promise, request, order, decision, advice, permission, agreement/disagreement
refers to the consequent effect of what was said.
perlocutionary act
This is based on the particular context in which the speech act was mentioned.
perlocutionary act
This is seen when a particular effect is sought from either the speaker or the
listener, or both. T
perlocutionary act
goal of perlocutionary act
inspiring, insulting, persuading, convincing, deterring, scaring
, a professor from
the University of California, Berkeley
john searle (1976)
searle’s classifications of illocutionary acts
assertive, directive, commissive, expressive, declaration
a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses belief
about the truth of a proposition.
assertive
examples of assertive
suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting, concluding
a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker tries to make the
addressee perform an action.
directive
examples of directive
asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, begging
a type of illocutionary act which commits the speaker to doing
something in the future.
commissive
examples of commissive
promising, planning, vowing, betting
a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses
his/her feelings or emotional reactions
expressive
examples of expressive
thanking, apologizing, welcoming, deploring
a type of illocutionary act which brings a change in the external
situation.
declaration
bring into existence or cause the state of
affairs which they refer to
declaration
examples of declaration
blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence, excommunicating
locutionary is the
utterance of the speaker
illocutionary is the
intention (what the receiver understands must be done from the locutionary act)
perlocutionary is the
response (what the receiver does/responds with)