Speech Acts

Question 1

Yule (1996).

Answer 1

said that the speech act is a study of how the speakers and hearers use language

Question 2

Bach (1979)

Answer 2

Explains that an action in non-verbal communication has a message in itself, so the communication is not only about language but also in action

Question 3

Act of producing sounds with meaningful utterance

Answer 3

Locutionary Speech Act

Question 4

“Is performed via the communicative force of an utterance, such as promising, apologizing, offering. The act of doing something in saying”

Answer 4

Illocutionary

Question 5

Act that is carried out by the speaker when making an utterance that causes a certain effect on the hearer and others.

Answer 5

Perlocutionary

Question 6

Speech acts that the speaker uses to get someone else to do something

Answer 6

Directive

Question 7

Utterances effects immediate changes in the institutional state of affairs and which tend to rely on elaborate extra linguistic institutions.

Answer 7

Declaration

Question 8

Expressing psychological state. Includes thanking, Apologizing, welcoming, and congratulating.

Answer 8

Expressive