Pragmatics and Conversational Skills

Tick the components of speech acts.

• perlocution

• illocution

• locution

• dislocution

A perlocution is...

• the effect on a hearer.

• the communicative intention.

• the linguistic form.

What is the illocution of the following statement?

"Kids, the classroom is a mess!"

• The speaker asserts that the room is untidy.

• The speaker wants the hearer to clean up the room.

• The hearer cleans up the room.

Determine the type of speech act of the follwing statement:

"Close the window, please!"

• representative

• expressive

• directive

• declaration

If there is a straightforward relation between form and function (locution and illocution), we talk about...

• direct speech acts

• indirect speech acts

According to the preparatory condition...

• the hearer must be able to understand the locution.

• there must be prerequisites for a succesful act.

• the speaker must be sincere and willing to carry out the act.

According to the Maxim of Quality...

• you should only say only what you believe to be true.

• you should be sincere and unambiguous.

• you should say enough, but not too much.