LITERAL DIFFERENT

MEANING FUNCTIONS

It’s hot in
here.
DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS
Say what you mean, and
mean what you say.
DOES THIS ALWAYS WORK IN
COMMUNICATION?
Austin’s (1962) Speech Act Theory

• LOCUTIONARY ACT – what is

actually said; literal meaning
–Phonic (sounds)
–Phatic (linguistic expressions)
–Rhetic (contextualizing utterances)
Austin’s (1962) Speech Act Theory

• ILLOCUTIONARY ACT – what a person

does in saying something else; act
performed by speaking; social function of
the utterance
• PERLOCUTIONARY ACT – effect of what
is said
• LOCUTIONARY ACT?
• ILLOCUTIONARY ACT?
• PERLOCUTIONARY ACT
 Five Categories of Speech Acts
Assertives Directives Expressives Commissives Declaratives
Exercise: Classify the following statements according to
Searle’s Categories of Speech Acts. (ASSERTIVE /
DIRECTIVE / EXPRESSIVE / COMMISSIVE /
DECLARATIVE)

1. Please close the door.

2. I am sorry for not helping out in the
project and for letting you do all the
work.
3. You’re fired!
4. No one knows him better than I do.
5. From now, I will try to listen more
carefully.
SEATWORK (triads):
Complete the following chart.
MESSAGE Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary
Meaning Meaning Meaning
Anne, sabay ka na
sa’kin.
Wag ka diyan. Mas
bagay ka dito.
Ma’am, sabay na po
kayo sa akin.
Mahulog pa ’ko diyan!
Ah, ma’am! Kayo na
po sa kotse; ako na
po sa motorbike.
Bilis! Late na’ko!
 JOB FAIR
• CHOOSE A SPECIFIC JOB YOU WISH
TO HAVE UNDER THE FOLLOWING
INDUSTRIES
– Health Care
– Education
– Food
– Business
• PREPARE A RESUME.
 JOB FAIR
• MEET WITH YOUR GROUPMATES TO
BRAINSTORM ON QUESTIONS TO ASK
& TO PREPARE ADVERTISING
MATERIALS (JOB POSTINGS).
– Health Care <-> Education
– Food <-> Business