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1. Locutionary Acts is the act of simply
   uttering a sentence from a language.
2. Illocutionary Acts is what the
   speakers intends to do by uttering a
   sentence.
3. Perlocutionary Acts is the effect on
   the hearer of what the speaker says.
 (a) What is Pragmatics (b) Felicity Conditions (c) Speech Acts
 (d) Locutionary; Illocutionary; Perlocutionary Acts (e) Direct &
 Indirect
      Speech Acts (f) Literal & Non Literal Speeach Acts (h)
 Conversional
Indirect Speech Acts
  Direct Speech Acts   Direct Speech Acts.                             Indirect Speech Acts.
                       In general, the                                 In general, the
                       syntactic form of                               syntactic form of an
                       utterance reflects the                          utterance does not
                       direct illucotuonary                            reflect any indirect
                       act. Example What                               illocutionary acts is
                       time is it is                                   to respond to the
                       interrogative form is                           utterance is probably
                       used to ask the                                 being used to
                       question / asking.                              perform an indirect
                                                                       illocutionary act.



(a) What is Pragmatics (b) Felicity Conditions (c) Speech Acts
(d) Locutionary; Illocutionary; Perlocutionary Acts (e) Direct &
Indirect
     Speech Acts (f) Literal & Non Literal Speeach Acts (h)
Conversional
For example, if you eat rainbow cake &
then announce, “I feel just awful”, you
mean exactly what you say. Thus, this
utterance constitutes a literal speech
acts. On the other hand, imagine a
student in English class who does not
know about Tenses. As he begins the
midterm exam, he turns to his friend and
says, “I just love taking English test”. He
doesn’t mean what he says. This
utterance then would constitutes a non-
We have seen that speech act can
vary     along    two     dimension;
directness and literalness. The fact
that each of these dimensions has
two values means that we should be
able to identify four different types
of speech acts :
a. Literal and Direct; Example
b. Nonliteral and Direct; Example
c. Literal and Indirect; Example
d. Nonliteral and indirect; Example
a. Maxim of Quantity. The maxims
   states: (1) make your contribution
   as informative as is required (2)
   Do not make your contribution
   more informative than is required.
b. Maxim of Quality. This maxim
   states: (1) do not say what you
   believe to be false (2) do not say
   that for which you lack adequate
   evidence.
                                 Next
c. Maxim of Relation/Relevance. This
   maxim states: Be relevant.
d. Maxim of Manner. This Maxims
   states: (1) avoid obscurity of
   expression. (2) avoid ambiguity (3)
   be brief (4) be orderly
Pragmatics

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Pragmatics

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  • 8. Example Example Example Example Example
  • 9. 1. Locutionary Acts is the act of simply uttering a sentence from a language. 2. Illocutionary Acts is what the speakers intends to do by uttering a sentence. 3. Perlocutionary Acts is the effect on the hearer of what the speaker says. (a) What is Pragmatics (b) Felicity Conditions (c) Speech Acts (d) Locutionary; Illocutionary; Perlocutionary Acts (e) Direct & Indirect Speech Acts (f) Literal & Non Literal Speeach Acts (h) Conversional
  • 10. Indirect Speech Acts Direct Speech Acts Direct Speech Acts. Indirect Speech Acts. In general, the In general, the syntactic form of syntactic form of an utterance reflects the utterance does not direct illucotuonary reflect any indirect act. Example What illocutionary acts is time is it is to respond to the interrogative form is utterance is probably used to ask the being used to question / asking. perform an indirect illocutionary act. (a) What is Pragmatics (b) Felicity Conditions (c) Speech Acts (d) Locutionary; Illocutionary; Perlocutionary Acts (e) Direct & Indirect Speech Acts (f) Literal & Non Literal Speeach Acts (h) Conversional
  • 11. For example, if you eat rainbow cake & then announce, “I feel just awful”, you mean exactly what you say. Thus, this utterance constitutes a literal speech acts. On the other hand, imagine a student in English class who does not know about Tenses. As he begins the midterm exam, he turns to his friend and says, “I just love taking English test”. He doesn’t mean what he says. This utterance then would constitutes a non-
  • 12. We have seen that speech act can vary along two dimension; directness and literalness. The fact that each of these dimensions has two values means that we should be able to identify four different types of speech acts : a. Literal and Direct; Example b. Nonliteral and Direct; Example c. Literal and Indirect; Example d. Nonliteral and indirect; Example
  • 13. a. Maxim of Quantity. The maxims states: (1) make your contribution as informative as is required (2) Do not make your contribution more informative than is required. b. Maxim of Quality. This maxim states: (1) do not say what you believe to be false (2) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence. Next
  • 14. c. Maxim of Relation/Relevance. This maxim states: Be relevant. d. Maxim of Manner. This Maxims states: (1) avoid obscurity of expression. (2) avoid ambiguity (3) be brief (4) be orderly