TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS

TYPES OF SPEECH

ACTS

1. Locutionary

Ø an actual act of uttering (the line). The act opens the communication process.

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ØEx. “Please do the dishes.”

2. Illocutionary

Ø the social function/intention of what is said.

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ØBy uttering the locution “Please do the dishes,” the speaker requests the addressee to wash the dishes.

TYPES OF
ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS - CCAD

uConstatives: affirming, announcing, answering, confirming. “we find the defendant guilty”

uCommissives: agreeing, inviting, offering, promising. “I promise to call you tonight”

uAcknowledgments: apologizing, congratulating, thanking.

uDirectives: advising, asking, forbidding, ordering, permitting. “would you make some tea, please?”

3. Perlocutionary

Øthe effect of what is said to the person it is uttered to.

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ØEx. “Please do the dishes” would lead the addressee washing the dishes.

IN GENERAL:

uLOCUTION – UTTERANCE

uILLOCUTION – INTENTION : ASK, REQUEST, INSULT

uPERLOCUTION – RESPONSE: GIVE, APPROVE, SHOUT

AGREEMENT:

Famous Lines.

Recall your favorite movies and their striking lines. Analyze the speech act of the character.

Fill-in the Famous Lines Chart.rt.