Felicity

There are certain expected or appropriate circumstances for the performance of a speech act to be recognized as intended, technically known as ________.

• presupposition

• felicity condition

In speech act theory, how many types of felicity conditions are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Felicity conditions refer to ....... circumstances for the performance of a speech act to be recognized as intended.

• social

• unexpected

• expected

• appropriate

1. Act: thanking
   Condition: the hearer must have done something on behalf of the speaker

This is:

• Felicity condition

• Sincerity condition

Felicity conditions refer to the conditions that must be in place and the criteria that must be satisfied for a speech act to achieve its ____________

__________ felicity conditions are conditions where the authority of the speaker and the circumstances of the speech act are appropriate.

_____________ felicity conditions are conditions where the speaker intends that an utterance be acted upon by the addressee

Act: offering

Condition: the hearer must not already have the thing offered

This is:

• Felicity condition

• Sincerity condition

There are certain expected or appropriate circumstances for the performance of a speech act to be recognized as intended, technically known as ________.

• presupposition

• felicity condition

• contextual condition

• illocutionary force

In speech act theory, how many types of felicity conditions are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5