Speech Acts

Who is the British philosopher who first drew his attention to the many functions performed by utterances?

• Bertrand Russell

• John Locke

• Jeremy Bentham

• J.L. Austin

It is the utterance of a sentence with a determinate sense and reference.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Indirect Speech Act

It is the making of a statement, offer, promise by virtue of conventional force associated with it.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Indirect Speech Act

It is the bringing about of effects on the audience by means of uttering the sentence, such effects being specialized to the circumstance of the utterance.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Indirect Speech Act

Which picture illustrates the Theory of Illocutionary Act?

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