Speech Acts and Conversation

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Appropriateness Conditions and Successful Declarations

The efficacy of any declaration depends on well-established conventions.

Distinguishing Among Speech Acts

There are three types of acts in the speech acts, they are locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary.

Examples

1. I now pronounce you husband and wife. 2. It is going to be a very windy day.

Speech Acts and Conversation

Illocutions

how it was received by the listener.

Locutions

the semantic or literal significance of the utterance

Sentence Structure Function of Utterances

Types of Speech Act

• Representatives • Commissives • Directives • Declarations • Expressives • Verdictives