Speech acts

What types of speech act can we feature ?

• Declarations,

  rogatives,

  expressives

• Declarations,

  directives,

  commissives,

  rogatives,

  expressives

• Declarations,

  directives,

  commissives,

  rogatives,

  expressives

  representatives

Examples of declarations are:

• sentencing,

  naming,

  baptizing

• apologising,

  thanking,

  congratulating

• stating

  affirming

  describing

Mother says to her child: “Congratulations and BRAVO!”

• Expressives

• Directives

• Commissives

• Rogatives

• Representatives

A boss says to his employee "Complete these by tomorrow"

• Commissives

• Rogatives

• Declarations

• Directives

A priest says over baby "I baptize you in the name of..."

• Rogative

• Declaration

• Expresive

• Commisive

Father says to his child:" You are grounded"

• Directives

• Declarations

• Expressive

• Rogative

A doctor says to a patient: "You should stop stressing"

• Directive

• Declaration

• Commisive

• Representative

Waitress says to her colleague : "It's going to rain"

• Representative

• Directive

• Rogative

• Commisive

A boy tells a girl: "I swear I am not going to write to her again"

• Commisive

• Directive

• Declaration

• Rogative

A women says to her sister: " Who vacuumed the floor?"

• Declaration

• Directive

• Rogative

• Expressive