Types of Speech Acts

This refers to the intention of the speaker or the social function of the statement.

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

This refers to the actual effect or consequence of the utterance.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

Pertains to the actual act of utterances, what did the person say, NOT what the person means.

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

What type of Speech Act is it when someone makes a promise?

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

What is an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended action?

• Speech Styles

• Speech Context

• Speech Acts

The illocutionary force of an utterance is refers to what it ‘counts as’.

• True

• False

A group leader inspiring his teammates to do their best is a form of?

• Perlocutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

What is the aim of Perlocutionary Speech Act?

• To utter and just state something.

• To give clear intention.

• To change feelings, thoughts, or actions.

"Well?"

What speech act is shown?

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

Which speech act is evident in this statement by Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act