Speech acts (G5)

What kind of condition is the following sentence?

It covers the fact that by the act of uttering a promise, listener thereby intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promised.

• essential condition

• content conditions

• general conditions

•  sincerity condition

What is the illocutionary force of the utterance: “Wow, your dress is so beautiful!”?

• The listener is furious at the sarcastic comment.

• The speaker is paying a compliment on the listener’s dress.

• The speaker is using an affirmative sentence.

• The listener is happy with the compliment.

What is the perlocutionary force of the utterance: “I'm sorry for your loss.”

• The speaker is making an apology for the listener’s loss.

• The listener is using an affirmative sentence.

• The speaker is consoling the listener.

• The listener may feel comforted and supported during a difficult time.

Which linguistic feature directly performs the illocutionary act it describes?

• Adverbs

• Prepositions

• Modal verbs

• Conjunctions

Which of the following characteristics is true of general conditions?

• Speaker knows the event will not have a beneficial effect.

• Listener can understand the language being used and they are not being nonsensical.

• Speaker intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promise.

• When the speaker promises to do something, the event will have beneficial effect.

Which of the following characteristics is true of an illocutionary act?

• Producing a meaningful sentence or phrase

• Centering on the influence of an utterance on the listener

• Creating utterance with an intended effect

• Centering on the speaker's intended meaning

Which of the following characteristics is true of essential conditions?

• Speaker knows the event will not have a beneficial effect.

• Speaker intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promise.

• Listener can understand the language being used and that they are not play-acting or being nonsensical.

• When the speaker promises to do something, the event will have beneficial effect.

Which types of speech acts refer to the act of producing a meaningful sentence or phrase?

• Perlocutionary act

• Illocutionary act

• Locutionary act

What is the perlocutionary force of the utterance: “Make yourself at home!”?

• The speaker is encouraging the listener to feel comfortable as he is at his own house.

• The listener needs to make something by himself/herself at others’ houses.

• The listener may feel relaxed and comfortable at the speaker’s house.

• The speaker is using an idiom.

Which of the following characteristics is true of preparatory conditions?

• Participants can understand the language being used and that they are not play-acting or being nonsensical.

• The speaker has made a commitment to its audience and is committing to do what it promises to do.

• A speaker must be willing to keep his word, the attitude towards his content should be promising and must convey that he intends to do the act.

• The speaker creates pre-existing conditions about the events.