LESSON 7: SPEECH STYLES

Question 1

It is the situation or

environment and the

circumstances in which

the communication

occurs.

Answer 1

SPEECH CONTEXT

Question 2

involves

one person; it is often

called “self-talk”.

(Wood, 1997)

Answer 2

INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Question 3

normally
involves two people or
more, and can range
from intimate and very
personal to formal and

impersonal.

Answer 3

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Question 4

involves only two
participants forming the

Answer 4

DYADIC COMMUNICATION

Question 5

requires from 3 to 15 people
to study an issue, discuss a
problem, and come up with a
solution or a plan.

Answer 5

SMALL GROUP

Question 6

One person speaks
to a group of people;

the same is true of

public written
communication.

Answer 6

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

Question 7

This involves human

verbal interactions

carried out with the aid

of mass media
technology.

Answer 7

MASS COMMUNICATION

Question 8

takes place when people
draw from their cultural
identity to understand

values, prejudices, language,
attitudes, and relationships.
(Gudykunst & Kim, 2003).

Answer 8

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Question 9

refer to a form
of language that the
speaker uses,
characterized by the degree
of familiarity or intimacy
between the communicators.

Answer 9

SPEECH STYLE

Question 10

⮚the highest form of communicative

style which is often used in
respectful situations or formal
ceremonies

Answer 10

FROZEN SPEECH STYLE

Question 11

generally used in formal situation, where

there is the least amount of shared

background and the communication in
this style is largely one-way with little or
no feedback from the audience

Answer 11

FORMAL SPEECH STYLE

Question 12

⮚happens in two-way participation
⮚the most operational among the other

styles

⮚used in negotiating with the strangers

or work colleagues, small group
discussion, in schools, and in
companies

Answer 12

CONSULTATIVE SPEECH STYLE

Question 12

⮚used in communication between

people in intimate or close
relationships who share the same
meaning generally unknown from
the public.

Answer 12

INITIMATE SPEECH STYLE

Question 13

⮚it is also known as “informal” style
⮚usually used between friends or even

insiders who have things to share

⮚there is a free and easy participation

of both speaker and listener

Answer 13

CASUAL SPEECH STYLE

Question 14

analyzing the
relationship between
utterances and performance.

Answer 14

SPEECH ACT

Question 15

An act of performing words into
utterances that make sense in a

language with correct grammar and
pronunciation.

Answer 15

LOCUTIONARY ACT

Question 16

✔An action performed by saying

or writing something.

✔The performance of the act of

saying something with a
specific intention.

Answer 16

ILLOCUTIONARY ACT

Question 17

❑The speaker asserts a proposition to be

true, using such verbs as:

▪ affirm, believe, conclude, deny, report

(suggesting, putting forward, swearing,
boasting, and concluding)

Answer 17

ASSERTIVE

Question 18

❑The speaker tries to make the hearer do

something, with such words as:

▪ ask, beg, challenge, command, dare,

invite, insist, request

(begging, commanding, requesting)

Answer 18

DIRECTIVES

Question 19

❑The speakers commit themselves to a

future course of action, with verbs such as:
▪ guarantee, pledge, promise, swear, vow,

undertake, warrant

(promising, guaranteeing)

Answer 19

COMMISIVES

Question 20

❑The speaker expresses an attitude to or
about a state of affairs, using such verbs

as:

▪ appreciate, congratulate, deplore, detest,

regret, thank, welcome

(apologizing, welcoming, sympathizing)

Answer 20

EXPRESSIVES

Question 21

❑The speaker alters the external status or
condition of an object or situation, solely
by making the utterance:

▪ I now pronounce you man and wife; I

name this ship…

(Christening, marrying, resigning, quitting)

Answer 21

DECLARATIVES

Question 22

✔The result or effect that is produced by

the utterance in the given context.

✔The effect is based on the particular
context in which the speech act was
mentioned.

Answer 22

PERLOCUTIONARY ACT