Types of Speech Act Flashcards
Any utterance showing the speaker’s aim and the influence it has on an audience is called?
Speech Act
What are the three types of speech act?
👉Locutionary
👉Illocutionary
👉Perlocutionary
Action that a speaker’s perform while speaking
Illocution
The actual words spoken
Locution
Utterance that emphasizes on getting something done “Lookout for cues”
Referential
The speaker tell the listener to do something
Directives
Utterance that provide information
Transactional
Act of saying something
Locution
Showing intention, why the words are spoken; reason.
Illocution
Pledges for a future plan
Commisives
What are the five classification of Searl’s Classification of Speech Acts?
ADCED
> Assertive
Directives
Commissives
Expressives
Declaration
Simply act of speaking
Locution
What type of Locution is the following dialogue?
“Did you know that people believed that the Earth was once the center of the universe?”
Transactional
What type of Searls Classification of Speech Act is the following dialogue?
“I promise that I’ll never ever leave your side,” he promised.
Commisives
What type of Searls Classification of Speech Act is the following sentence?
Steven suggested a new strategy to defeat the invading soldiers
Assertives