>Introduction of Speech act theory Locutionary, Illocutionary, and perlocutionary speech act.
>The doctrine of Infelicitious condition.
> The influence of Grice, Strawson's objection, and Searle defense to Austin.
> IAP (Illocutionary act potential)
>The classification of illocutionary acts: Verdictive, Excercitives, Commissives, Behabitives, and Expositives.
>Indirect Speech act.
>Searle stated that an indirect speech act is one that is “perfomed by means of another”.
>Indirect act speech demostrated the relationship between the form and function of the particular utterance.
>Moreover, speech act theory and certain illocutionary forces in which results are likely to be proven in concerning the relation of acts to acts, acts to intentions, acts to context, and so forth. As it was urged by Merin that novel approach to formalizing speech act theory takes dialogue as the centeral notion with social acts categorically.
4. Speech Act theory was proposed by Austin and later developed by Searle.
Speech act theory
Language is not only used “to inform”, it is often used to “do things” (to act).
How speaker use language to accomplish the intended action.
Linguistic expressions comprised of; asserting, commanding, exclaiming, promising,
questioning, requesting, warning.
Example: Can you please pass me the salt?
5. Austin distinguished two major tems that plays a vital role in the speech act theory:
Constative: words describe the situation either true or false.
Performative: doing something by speaking.
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Example: I like chocolate. (constative)
I command you to be quiet. (performative)
It must invoke in an existing covention and the convention must invoked in the right cicumstances.
6. Austin substituted these two terms in three ways that contrast among the kinds of act.
Locutionary Act: Producing a recognizable grammatical utterance. (meaning)
Illocutionary Act: To accomplish the communicative purpose. (force)
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Perlocutionary Act: The effect produced by the utterance in a particular context. (consequences)
Locution, illocution, and
perlocution
7. Infelicituos: Not well said that are not coherent semantically and pragmatically.
Misinvocations (an invalid action)
Misexecutions (Errors and omisions)
Abuses (bad effect or improperly constructed meaning)
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Example: I congratulate you on the sucide of your cousin.
The doctrine of infelicitious
9. In disregarded, Grice
stated that communication
takes place not directly by
means of convention.
The kind of conventional
effects to be dependent on
extralinguistics
convention.
The language does not
only describe reality but
that it can be used to
perform acts.
The influence of
Grice
Starwson’s
objection to Austin
Searle defense to
Austin
11. One can, depending on the circumstances, be properly described as
having asserted, warned, admitted, and so on.
The declerative sentence: This bread has strange taste.
Aserted by Austin in IAP that locution is what was said and meant, illocution is what was done,
and perlocution is what happened as a result.
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IAP concept: a) Sentence meaning, b)Illocutionary act, and 3)Potential.
12. Speech act in which the
speakers makes an
assessment or judgement
about the act of another
Exercising of power,
right, influence.
Expression of an
attitude.
Speaker use to
commit themselves to
some future action.
The classification of
illocutionary acts
Verdictive
Exercitives
Commissives
Expositives
Behabitives
The utterance fit into
the course of argument.
14. Searle stated that an indirect speech act is one that is “perfomed by means of another”.
Indirect act speech demostrated the relationship between the form and function of the
particular utterance.
Analytically, the speaker does not explicitly stated the intended meaning. It is the hearer task
to critically comprehend the utterance.
E.g. An innterogative is used to make request: “Could you pass the salt?”
15. Moreover, speech act theory and certain illocutionary forces in which results are likely to
be proven in concerning the relation of acts to acts, acts to intentions, acts to context, and
so forth. As it was urged by Merin that novel approach to formalizing speech act theory
takes dialogue as the centeral notion with social acts categorically.
