SPEECH ACT

 PUTU LISA
 FINDI DESI WIBIANI
 CINTYA DIAH UTARI
 DEFINITION
 Speech acts are verbal actions that accomplish something: we
greet, insult, compliment, plead, flirt, supply information,
and get work done.
 According to John Austin (1962) speech act theory is whose
ideas are expanded and incorporated into linguistics theory.
Although it is not initially proposed as a framework in
which to analyze discourse, the issue with which speech act
theory in concerned the meaning, use and action
For example: It’s hot here. –
 Locutionary act: The speaker feels hot in his place.
 Illocutionary act: The utterance has two possible meanings
inside
• An indirect request for someone to open the window.
• An indirect refusal to close the window because someone is
cold
 Perlocutionary act: The hearer will open/close the window
Illocutionary Act
 Illocutionary act is the main focus of speech acts.
Illocutionary force from an utterance is what it ‘count as’.
Example: I’ll see you later.
 We could find three different assumptions of its meaning.
(I predict that) I’ll see you later => a prediction
(I promise you that) I’ll see you later => a promise
(I warn you that) I’ll see you later => a warning.
 Speakers do not usually ‘perform’ their speech acts with a
performative verb. But sometimes, they use it to distinct
their speech act
 . Him : Can I talk to Mary?
 Her : No, she is not here.
 Him : I’m asking you—can I talk to her?
 Her : And I’m telling you—SHE IS NOT HERE!
They explicitly describe their utterance’s illocutionary act by
using ‘ask’ and ‘tell’ as performative verb.
 IFIDs( Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices) can be
identified as a word order, stress, and intonation.
 a. She is going! => I tell you
 b. She is going? => I request confirmation.
 c. Is she going? => I ask you.
• Speech Act Classification One general classification
system lists five types of general function performed by
speech acts:
• Declaration
 Representative
 Expressive
 Directive
 Commissive
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