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31 gru 2020 · This document provides an overview of speech act theory, which proposes that language is used not just to convey information but to perform actions. It defines locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary speech acts and discusses John Searle's classification of five illocutionary points: directives, commissives, representatives, declaratives
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The document discusses speech acts, which are actions...
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2 lis 2015 · This document discusses speech act theory, which was proposed by philosophers John Austin and John Searle. They believed that language is used not just to inform but also to perform acts.
21 mar 2016 · The document discusses speech acts, which are actions performed through language. A speech act can be divided into a locutionary act (the words used), an illocutionary act (the intended meaning or function), and a perlocutionary act (the effect on the listener).
Speech Act Theory. NOT hearsay: Statements offered to show: Speaker’s verbal act. Hearer’s reaction or state of mind. Speaker’s indirect state of mind. Utterance for its own sake. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule. Records of vital statistics. Public records or reports. Documents of business activities . Medical diagnoses and treatment.
LANGUAGE AS ACTION Speech Act Theory was developed from the basic belief that language is used to perform actions. (meaning and action are related to language) Speech acts = actions performed via utterances (apology, complaint, compliment, etc.)
The speech act theory analyzes utterances in terms of locutionary acts (the act of saying something), illocutionary acts (the intention behind the utterance), and perlocutionary acts (the effects on the audience).
This document introduces speech act theory, which holds that utterances can serve illocutionary forces like requests, promises, threats in addition to just describing states of affairs. It discusses J. Searle's classification of speech acts into five categories (representatives, directives, commissives, expressives, declarations) based on their ...
