SPEECH ACTS

SPEECH ACTS

1. DEFINITION

   • It is the act of expressing any meaningful message.

2. AUSTIN

   • Locutionary act
     • Is when we say something
   • Illocutionary act
     • Is what we want to convey or the intention of what was said.
   • Perlocutionary act
     • It is the result of what was said.

3. PAUL GRICE

   • Maxim of quantity
   • Maxim of relevance
   • Maxim of quality
   • Maxim of manner

4. Austin, Searle and Cohen

   • Representative
     • Assertions
     • Claims
     • Reports
   • Directives
     • Sugesstions
     • Requests
     • Commands
   • Expressives
     • Apologies
     • Complaint
     • Thanks
   • Comissives
     • Promises
     • Theats
     • Offerts
   • Declaratives
     • Decreets
     • Declarations

5. TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS

   • Assertive Utterrances
     • The speaker inform what knows of a fact.
   • Performative Utterrances
     • Facts that happen when you pronounce something, this can be lucky or unfortunate.
   • Expressive Utterances
     • Occur when speaker tell of their own past deeds and present feelings.
   • Verdictive utterance
     • The speaker makes an assessment or judgment about the recipient's actions.
   • Commisive Utterrances
     • Speaker bind himself to perform (or refrain from doing) some act a later time
   • Phatic Utterances
     • Is the exchange of greeting and goodbyes, the polite chitchat about whatever is expected in the particular society.
       • The purpose is to maintain social bonds.
   • Directive Utterances
     • The speaker tries to get the addressee to perform some act or to refrain from doing it.
       • Commands
       • Requests
       • Sugesstions

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