QUIZ #8 - SPEECH ACT

___________is an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended

effect.

Locutionary act is the actual act of __________. This act happens with the utterance of a sound, a word or even a phrase as a natural unit of speech.

_____________ act is the social function of what is said.

__________ act is the consequent effect of what was said. It is based on the particular context in which the speech act was mentioned.

This refers to the type of illocutionary act in which the speaker is trying to make the addressee do what he wanted him to do or perform.

It is the type of illocutionary act in which the speaker tries to express his belief on something which to him is true and valid.

A type of illocutionary act which tries to create a change in the external situation.

A type of illocutionary act in which the speaker’s feelings or emotional reactions are expressed.

It is the type of illocutionary act which states the intention of the speaker in committing himself to do something in the future.

____________________are statements which enable the speaker to perform something just by stating it.