Types of Speech Act Flashcards
Is the literal meaning of the utterance
Locutionary
Related to the social function that the utterance or the written text has
Illocutionary
The result or effect that is produced by the utterance in the given context
Perlocutionary
Categories of Illocutionary
Representative/Assertive
Directive
Commissive
Expressive
Declaration
Commits the speaker to something being the case
> Suggesting
> Putting Forward
> Swearing
> Boasting
> Concluding
Assertive
Tries to make the addressee perform an action
> Asking
> Ordering
> Requesting
> Inviting
> Advising
> Begging
Directive
Commit the speaker in doing something in the future
> Promising
> Planning
> Vowing
> Betting
> Opposing
Commisive
Express how the speaker feels about the situation
> Thanking
> Apologizing
> Welcoming
> Deploring
Expressive
Changes the state of the world in an immediate way
> Blessing
> Baptizing
> Bidding
> Passing a sentence
Declaration
(Falls under Declaration)
Said by the right person, in the right situation/circumstances should be take in mind
Performatives