Lesson 6: Types of Speech Act

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an utterance that a speaker
makes to achieve an intended effect.

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speech act

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Speech acts are performed when a person offers an

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apology, greeting, request, complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal

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Speech act is an

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act of communication

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developer of the speech act theory

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j.l. austin (1962)

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full name of j.l austin

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john langshaw austin

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j.l. austin (1962) was also a

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philosopher of language

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three types of speech act acc. to austin

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locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary

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the actual act of uttering or saying something.

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locutionary act

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This act happens with the utterances of a sound, a word or even a phrase as a
natural unit of speech.

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locutionary act

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For the utterances to be a Locutionary Act, consider the following:

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it has sense, same meaning for both sender and receiver, give rise to shared meaning

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is the social function of what is said

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illocutionary act

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it is not just saying something itself but with the act
of saying something with the intention of:

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illocutionary act

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intentions of illocutionary act

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stating opinion, prediction, promise, request, order, decision, advice, permission, agreement/disagreement

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refers to the consequent effect of what was said.

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perlocutionary act

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This is based on the particular context in which the speech act was mentioned.

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perlocutionary act

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This is seen when a particular effect is sought from either the speaker or the
listener, or both. T

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perlocutionary act

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goal of perlocutionary act

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inspiring, insulting, persuading, convincing, deterring, scaring

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, a professor from
the University of California, Berkeley

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john searle (1976)

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searle’s classifications of illocutionary acts

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assertive, directive, commissive, expressive, declaration

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a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses belief
about the truth of a proposition.

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assertive

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examples of assertive

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suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting, concluding

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a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker tries to make the
addressee perform an action.

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directive

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examples of directive

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asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, begging

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a type of illocutionary act which commits the speaker to doing
something in the future.

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commissive

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examples of commissive

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promising, planning, vowing, betting

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a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses
his/her feelings or emotional reactions

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expressive

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examples of expressive

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thanking, apologizing, welcoming, deploring

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a type of illocutionary act which brings a change in the external
situation.

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declaration

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bring into existence or cause the state of
affairs which they refer to

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declaration

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examples of declaration

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blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence, excommunicating

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locutionary is the

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utterance of the speaker

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illocutionary is the

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intention (what the receiver understands must be done from the locutionary act)

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perlocutionary is the

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response (what the receiver does/responds with)