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Speech Acts
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- 1SPEECH ACTSUtterances that perform some function in communication
Apologies, Greetings, Requests, Compliments - 2CONSTANTIVESDescribes or states something
Can be true or false - 3PERFORMATIVESSomething said for a specific function in performing a certain act
Neither true nor false
Can be explicit or implicit - 4EXPLICIT PERFORMATIVESPerformative verb
Does not require context to be understood - 5IMPLICIT PERFORMATIVESNo performative verb
The meaning must be partly formed by context - 6LOCUTIONARYThe act of saying something; the surface meaning
Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative - 7ILLOCUTIONARYThe intention of an utterance
The social force - 8PERLOCUTIONARYThe outcome of an utterance
Getting someone to do or realise something (intended or otherwise) - 9TYPES OF ILLOCUTIONARIESRepresentatives
Expressives
Directives
Commissives
Declaratives - 10ILLOCUTIONARY: REPRESENTATIVEBeliefs
- 11ILLOCUTIONARY: EXPRESSIVESOpinions
- 12ILLOCUTIONARY: DIRECTIVESCommand, Request, Advice
- 13ILLOCUTIONARY: COMMISSIVESPromises
- 14ILLOCUTIONARY: DECLARATIVESDeclaration that changes the state of affairs
A sentencing, a pronouncement of marriage
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- Bachelors Degree First Year Flashcards on Speech Acts, created by Tianna Johnson on 25/05/2016.
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