speech acts

Question 1

what is an interpersonal speech act?

Answer 1

a speech act involving people

Question 2

what is an interactional speech act?

Answer 2

questions (interrogatives), commands (imperatives), statements (declaratives), requests and offers

Question 3

what is an address speech act?

Answer 3

naming, pronouns

Question 4

what forms a personal judgement speech act?

Answer 4

modal verbs, modal adverbials

Question 5

when we speak we create three kinds of act what are these?

Answer 5

locutionary
illocutionary
perlocutionary

Question 6

what is meant by a locutionary speech act?

Answer 6

the actual action of speaking or writing the sentences

Question 7

what is meant by a illocutionary speech act?

Answer 7

give an order, make a promise, lie etc: similar to what we’ve called functions

Question 8

what is meant by a perlocutionary speech act?

Answer 8

what we achieve through telling someone: they follow our orders, react to information we’ve given them, they laugh or cry, give us a punch or a hug etc.

Question 9

can a speech act be indirect?
what does that mean?

Answer 9

a speech act may be indirect- that is, it may serve 2 purposes or may be intended to create an illocutionary act that doesn’t match it’s form
- from it may follow perlocutionary outcomes the speaker wasn’t intending

Question 10

further classified where the kind of illocutionary acts we can do with words?
(5 things)

Answer 10

• assertive
• directives
• commissive
• expressive
• declarations

Question 11

Types of illocutionary acts:
what is an assertive?

Answer 11

like statements, where you claim something as true

Question 12

Types of illocutionary acts:
what is a directives?

Answer 12

orders, instruction, request, commands and advice

Question 13

Types of illocutionary acts:
what is an expressive?

Answer 13

showing your attitudes or emotions, like congratulations, excuses, thanks

Question 14

Types of illocutionary acts:
what is a declaration?

Answer 14

acts that change the state of things in the world like vows of marriage, naming a ship etc.