Types of Speech Acts

1. The following are the areas of "Pragmatics" EXCEPT:

• the study of speaker meaning

• the study of contextual meaning

• the study of how to get more communicated that it is said

• the study of personal identification of the speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2. . This refers to the intention of the speaker or the social function of the statement.

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3. This refers to the actual effect or consequence of the utterance.

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

4. Pertains to the actual act of utterances, what did the person say, NOT what the person mean.

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

5. What type of Speech Act according to Austin is this: "I love you to the moon and back."

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6. What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when a woman turns down a proposal from her boyfriend?

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7. What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when someone makes a promise?

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

8. A group leader inspiring his teammates to do their best is a form of?

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

9. . Your professor says, “For our class on Wednesday, please read pages 10-15 and answer Activity 1.”

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

10. When you learned that your friend will no longer stop from schooling, you let out a sigh of relief.

• Locutionary

• Illocutionary

• Perlocutionary