Lesson 3

• What is a Speech Act?


  It is the utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect.
• Who created the Speech Act Theory?


  J. L. Austin
• What are the three types of J. L. Austin's Speech Act Theory?


  • Locutionary
  • Illocutionary
  • Perlocutionary
• What is Locutionary?


  It is the actual act of uttering; occurs when the speaker performs a locution.
• What is an Illocutionary


  It is the performance of the act of saying something; social function of what is said.
• What is a Perlocutionary?


  It is the resulting act of what is said; happens when the speaker says has an effect on the listener of the perlocution.
• What is an indirect speech acts?


  It is when a speaker does not explicitly state the intended meaning behind the utterance.
• What are the two kinds of Illocutionary act?


  1. Constantive
  2. Performative
• What is constantive?


  It is making something true or false by saying it. This is commonly done by someone in authority like a judge or an official.
• What is performative? 


  It is doing something by saying it.
• What are the five categories of illocutionary act? 


  1. Assertive
  2. Directive
  3. Commissive
  4. Expressive
  5. Declarative
• What is assertive?


  The speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition like boasting, suggesting, asserting, and swearing.
• What is Directive? 


  The speaker tries to make the addressee perform an action by way of commanding, inviting, pleading, or insisting.
• What is Commissive? 


  Commits the speaker to future actions such as promising, planning, vowing, and betting.
• What is expressive? 


  The speaker expresses his/her feelings or emotional reactions. It could be thanking, apologizing, welcoming, and deploring.
• What is Declarative? 


  The speaker brings a change in the external situation (blessing, firing, baptizing, and bidding)