This document discusses speech acts, which are utterances defined by a speaker's intention and the effect on a listener. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary acts involving meaning, illocutionary acts involving intention, and perlocutionary acts involving changing feelings/thoughts/actions. Speech act theory was introduced by J.L. Austin and divides speech acts into constatives, which describe something true or false, and performatives, which denote and inspire an action. Performatives depend on felicity conditions like authority, understanding, and ability to be executed. Examples are provided to illustrate constatives and performatives.

1. Speech Acts
Language and Written Expression IV
2019

2. What is a Speech Act?

3. What is a Speech Act?

4. Speech Acts are a very important part of
communication. A Speech Act is an utterance
defined in terms of a speaker's intention
and the effect it has on a listener.

5. types of speech acts
● Locutionary acts: saying something that a
hearer understands (the meaning itself).
● Illocutionary acts: saying something with a
specific intention.
● Perlocutionary acts: saying something that
causes someone to change their feelings,
thoughts or actions.

6. Speech - Act theory

7. Speech - Act theory
It was introduced in
1975 by an English
philosopher called
J.L. Austin. In his
theory,he divided
speech acts as
separate parts:
Constatives and
Performatives.

8. Speech acts
Constatives Performatives

9. Speech acts
Constatives
This group refers to
words or sentences
that describes
something true or
false.
Performatives

10. Speech acts
Constatives
This group refers to
words or sentences
that describes
something true or
false.
Performatives
This group consists
of words or
sentences that
denote and inspire
an action.

11. some examples
“ This book is red”

12. some examples
“ This book is red”
This is a constantive
sentence because it is
describing something
that is true.

13. some examples

14. some examples
This sentence is performative
because it denotes and inspires
an action.

15. Performatives depend on:
ReceptionContext
These are known as:

16. Performatives depend on:
ReceptionContext
Felicity Conditions
These are known as:

17. “Felicity Conditions” are the rules under which a performative can be
active.The performative should:

18. “Felicity Conditions” are the rules under which a performative can be
active.The performative should:
...have
proper
authority
...be
understood
...be
clear
...be
able to
executed

20. Although these
conditions are
met, we cannot be
sure whether this
performative
sentence is
followed or not...

22. Sometimes people face the consequences of breaking
performatives and learn the power of words.

23. Sources
● Colleen Glenney Boggs. (2013). “Actos de habla: asertivos y
performativos”. TED-Ed.
● Web site: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/speech-acts.
● Austin, J.L. "How to Do Things With Words." 2nd ed.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975.
● nordquist, R.(fEBRUARY 17,2019).”Speech Acts in Linguistics.”
retrieved from website: https://www.thoughtco.com/speech-
act-linguistics-1692119

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