speech acts

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fear of speaking before an audience

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stage fright

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fear of public speaking

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glossophobia

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term for the anxiousness, perhaps even fear, that a person feels when he or she is in the communication situation

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communication apprehension

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is the process or act of performing a speech to a live audience

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public speaking

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public speaking also called as

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oratory, oration

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2 types of public speaking situation

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personal, professional

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the way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed

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speech style

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according to him, speech style means the form of language that the speaker uses which is characterized by the degree of formality

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martin joos

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variety of language or level of usage, as determined by degree of formality

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registry

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more technical term in the level of formality used in communication situation

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register

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more about the manner of expression

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speech style

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

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Speech act

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TRUE OR FALSE: SPEECH ACT IS NOT AN ACT OF COMMUNICATION

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FALSE

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Some of the functions which are carried out in this are offering an apology, greeting, request, complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal

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speech act

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Who developed the Speech Act Theory?

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J.L. Austin

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3 types of speech act

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Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionary

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Is the actual act of uttering

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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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Gives rise to shared meaning when it is adjusted by the speaker for the listener

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Utterances

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Is the social function of what is said

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Illocutionary act

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The Illocutionary Speech Act uses the ____ of a statement, a confirmation, a denial, a prediction, a promise, a request, etc.

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Illocutionary Force

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Is the resulting act of what is said. This effect 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, the listener, or both

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Perlocutionary Act

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The aim of this act is to change feelings, thoughts, or actions

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Perlocutionary Act

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5 Classifications of Illocutionary Act

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Assertive, Directive, Commissive, Declarative, Expressive

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He classified illocutionary act into 5 distinct categories

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John Searle

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The speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition. Some examples of an assertive act are suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting, and concluding

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Assertive

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The speaker tries to make the addressee perform an action. Some examples of a directive act are suggesting, commanding, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging

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Directive

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Commits the speaker to doing something in the future. Examples of this are promising, planning, vowing, and betting

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Commissive

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The speaker expresses his/her feelings or emotional reactions. Some examples of an expressive act are thanking, apologizing, welcoming, and deploring

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Expressive

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The act which brings a change in the external situation. Some examples of this are blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence, and delivering decrees and declarations

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Declarative

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Speech acts include ___ ___ ____ that require the appropriate use of language within a given culture.

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Concrete life interactions

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The ability to use linguistic knowledge to effectively communicate with others

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Communicative Competence

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Is essential for a speaker to be able to use and understand speech acts

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Communicative Competence