TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS Flashcards
3 TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS
Locution (Utterance)
Illocution (Intention)
Perlocution (Response)
we use language to achieve a purpose. Speech acts include actions such as saying “Thank you,” “Hello,” or “Good morning,” as well as gestures that express appreciation, gratefulness, respect, and sympathy, among others. By studying speech acts, linguists have connected the kind of language deemed proper for its purpose.
speech act
an act of making a meaningful utterance,
Locution
phonetic form and consists of words and grammatical constructions, and has some sense and concrete reference to reality.
Locution
is a linguistic expression of anything that has meaning
locutionary act
Asking or answering a question
Locution
Giving some information, an assurance, or a warning, advice or permission
Locution
Pronouncing a sentence
Locution
Making an identification or giving a description, opinion, confirming, or denying something
Locution
Making an appointment, an appeal, or a criticism, prediction, a promise, a request
Locution
comprise the core of the theory of speech acts
Illocutionary acts
defined as “the speaker’s intended meaning in his utterance.” It is therefore closely connected with a speaker’s general intent
Illocution
the communicative force of an utterance with specific intention. v
illocutionary act
remark
Illocutionary acts
meaning of an illocutionary act has two bases-
the intent and context of an utterance.