SPEECH ACTS

It is the act that a speaker performs in saying the utterance.

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

It is what is said or the actual words being spoken.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

It is the effects, intentional or unintentional, the utterance has on the behavior, thoughts, and feelings of the addressee.

• Illocutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

Perlocutionary act refers to the action done by the receiver upon hearing the speaker.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Someone’s anger caused by hearing someone else’s remarks is a form of perlocutionary act.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Perlocutionary act highlights the intention of the speaker.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A perlocutionary act may be unintentional.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Perlocutionary act focuses on the recognition that something has been uttered.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This refers to the act of saying something.

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act

• Perlocutionary Act

This refers to the actual words spoken.

• Perlocutionary Act

• Locutionary Act

• Illocutionary Act