TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS

• an act in which the speaker performs when making an utterance

  Speech Act
• He was one of the well-known British philosophers of his time that introduced the speech act theory

  John Langshaw Austin
• the proponent who classified the illocutionary act into five

  John Searle
• how many classifications does illocutionary have?

  five
• how many types of speech acts does JL Austin introduce?

  three
• the theory JL Austin introduced

  Speech Act Theory
• Types of Speech Act

  • Illocutionary Act
  • Locutionary Act
  • Prelocutionary Act
• Five Classifications of Illocutionary Act

  • Directive
  • Assertive
  • Expressive
  • Commissive
  • Declaration
• known as the communicative act

  Locutionary Act
• the social function of what is stated

  Illocutionary Act
• an act to make someone do something in the future

  Commissive
• the effect of a message or words to the audience

  Perlocutionary
• it is known as the speaker's intention

  Illocutionary Act
• it is known as the impact

  Perlocutionary
• it is an act of command or to make someone carry out an action

  Directive
• "congratulations!" "happy birthday!" "merry christmas!" "I'm sorry" is an example of what classification of illocutionary act?

  Expressive
• "therefore, I believe that, climate change have change the weather patterns" what illocutionary classification is this?

  Assertive
• "No face-to-face classes today due to the heat index." what classification of illocutionary act is this?

  Declaration
• "Can you please be quiet, I am studying" what illocutionary act is this?

  Directive
• "I Kath Ramirez solely promise to be a good and responsible student council president..." is an example of what illocutionary act?

  Commissive
• it is the actual act of uttering

  Locutionary Act
• the resulting act of what is said

  Perlocutionary
• Example of Assertive:

  • describing
  • Claiming
  • concluding
  • Stating
• Example of directive:

  • Commanding
  • Requesting
  • Ordering
• Example of Commissive

  • Threatening
  • Vowing
  • Promising
• Example of Expressive:

  • Greeting
  • Apologizing
  • Welcoming
  • condoling
  • congratulating
• Example of Declaration:

  • Announcing
  • Pronouncing
  • Blessing
  • Bidding
• "I pronounced you as husband and wife" what illocutionary act is this ?

  Declaration
• an act of expressing emotion

  Expressive
• the actual words that is spoken by the speaker

  Locutionary Act
• it refers to what the speaker actually meant when he/she said the message

  Illocutionary Act
• the effect that the message or the speech has on the context of the participants

  Perolocutionary Act
• After the speech about how to make Manila Green Again by the City Mayor, the residents started to clean their surroundings, segregate the garbage, and plant more trees

  Perlocutionary Act
• "We must make Manila green again" said by the Mayor

  Locutionary Act
• "We must make our city-Manila green again by planting trees, being more responsible resident, always cleaning the surroundings, and separate the trash"

  Illocutionary Act