Speech acts and events Group 5 MTHT

2.Which of the following statement shows an illocutionary speech act?

“Our class will end in five minutes.”

• The teacher's actual utteranceThe teacher's actual utterance

• The listeners respond by finishing their task

• The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell rings

• The exact words of the teacher

What type of speech act is this? "Please don't let the door open," the speaker requests that the door remain closed.

• locutionary

• illocutionary

• perlocutionary

• prolocutionary

The illocutionary is performed via...….of an utterance

• communicative force

• conversational implicatures

• communicative meaning

• reference and inference

…… are certain expected or appropriate circumstances for the performance of a speech act to be recognized as intended.

• Content conditions

• IFIDs

• General conditions

• Felicity conditions

Speech acts are actions performed via...…..

• utterances

• implicatures

• reference

• inference

The act of producing a meaningful linguistic expression is called....

• locutionary act

• illocutionary act

• perlocutionary act

• literally act

There are....type of general functions performed by speech acts.

• three

• four

• five

• six

What could be the illocutionary act of this utterance?

“ I have just made some coffee”

• The thought in speaker’s mind “Would you like some?”

• The listener will be informed about something.

• The statement " I have just made some coffee

Which speech act below contains a performative verb?

• I will turn my paper in on Friday

•  I regret that you failed the exam

• Your paper was handed in too late to be considered

• The teacher is supposed to return our papers today

“The listeners will reinforce their house roofs before this Saturday” is the ………… of this utterance?

“ There will be a terrible storm this Saturday”

• Illocutionary act

• Locutionary act

• Perlocutionary act