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A speech act is an utterance that serves a function in communication.

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Every locutionary act automatically leads to a perlocutionary effect on the listener.

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 Speech acts rely heavily on both linguistic content and the context in which they are used.

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A single utterance can only perform one type of speech act at a time.

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The illocutionary force of an utterance is always clearly understood by the listener, regardless of context.

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Expressives are speech acts that express the speaker’s intentions to commit to a future course of action, such as promises or vows.

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Declarations are speech acts that bring about a change in the external world, such as

          declaring someone married or firing someone.

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Commissives are speech acts that express the speaker's emotional state, such as apologizing

or thanking.

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Directives are speech acts where the speaker tries to get the listener to do something, like  

requests, commands, or suggestions.

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Assertives are speech acts that commit the speaker to the truth of a proposition, such as

stating or claiming.

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