Types of Speech Act

Who proposed the speech acts?

• John Longshaw Austin

• Harold Lasswell

• John R. Seale

but the act of saying something with the intention of stating an opinion, confirming, or denying something

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

This act happens with the

utterance of a sound, a word, or

even a phrase as a natural unit of speech.

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

Aims to change feelings, thoughts, or actions

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

an illocutionary act that represents a state of affairs.

• assertive

• directive

• commissive

• expressive

• declaration

an illocutionary acts for getting the addressee to do something.

• assertive

• directive

• commissive

• expressive

• declaration

an illocutionary act for getting the speaker to do something.

• assertive

• directive

• commissive

• expressive

• declaration

an illocutionary act that expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event presumed to be true.

• assertive

• directive

• commissive

• expressive

• declaration

an illocutionary act that brings into existence the state of affairs to which it refers

• assertive

• directive

• commissive

• expressive

• declaration

Choose the 2 meaning that define Speech Acts

• Subfield of pragmatics that studies how words are used not only to present information but also to carry out actions.

• It includes Real-life interaction and require not only knowledge of the language but also appropriate use of that language within a given culture

• are conceptual models used to explain the human communication process.