Unit 6: Speech Acts

Question 1

Regards language as a sort of action instead of as a medium for conveying and expressing ideas

Answer 1

Speech Act Theory

Question 2

Proposed the theory in 1962

Answer 2

John Langshaw Austin

Question 3

Further developed the theory in 1969

Answer 3

John Rogers Searle

Question 4

Describe a situation or insinuate assertions

Answer 4

Constative Utterances

Question 5

Words that incite action

Answer 5

Performative Utterances

Question 6

The act of producing meaningful utterances; what is said or the actual words being spoken

Answer 6

Locutionary Act

Question 7

The act of saying something in the normal or traditional sentence

Answer 7

Propositional Act (Searle)

Question 8

The word or string of words said that may not have a particular meaning

Answer 8

Utterance Act

Question 9

An utterance performed when referring to or predicating in an utterance

Answer 9

Propositional Act

Question 10

The meaning one wishes to communicate or convey

Answer 10

Illocution

Question 11

Express a speaker’s emotions and attitudes toward a particular situation

Answer 11

Expressives

Question 12

Bring about a change in the situation upon being uttered

Answer 12

Declarations

Question 13

Convey information regarding something

Answer 13

Assertives

Question 14

Cause the individual being addressed to do a particular action

Answer 14

Directives

Question 15

Commit the speaker to doing a particular action in the future

Answer 15

Commissives

Question 16

The effects the utterance has on the behavior, thoughts, and feelings of the addressee

Answer 16

Perlocutionary Act