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I. ‘Utterance’ can be used in .......difference senses

Identifying Illocutionary Acts

A fathers says to his child ,“Why don’t you spend less time watching TV?”

• Directive

• Question

• Expressive

• Commissive

Identifying Illocutionary Acts

One secretary says to another, “My daughter’s getting married in August.”

• Expressive

• Declaration

• Representative

• Commisive

A police officer says to a young man who was speeding, “You’re under arrest”

• REPRESENTATIVE

• COMMISSIVE

• DECLARATION

• DIRECTIVE

A friend says to another friend, “Why don’t you like to ski?”

• DIRECTIVE

• QUESTION

• EXPRESSIVE

• DECLARATION

A passerby says to a motorist with a flat tire, “Let me help you with that.”

• EXPRESSIVE

• REPRESENTATIVE

• COMMISSIVE

• DECLARATION

A parent says to her child, “I forbid you to leave your room.”

• COMMISSIVE

• DECLARATION

• DIRECTIVE

• EXPRESSIVE

One friend says to another, “I swear I won’t see Martha again.”

1. “Implicature” accounts for what a speaker can imply, suggest, or mean, as distinct from what the speaker literally says.

• True

• False

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According to Searle, there are four types of speech acts

• True

• False