Oral Communication in Context

Lesson 9:
Types of Speech Acts
Jennelle Marie R. Aragon
Teacher I
Date
Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:

1. Differentiate and explain the kinds of speech act; and

2. Give some example statements of locution, illocution and perlocution
act of speech act.
Pre-Test
Choose Your Briefcase

1 2 3
4 5 PROCEED TO
DISCUSSION
 Choices
J.L Austin

According to him, speech acts are Nordquist

speakers’ utterances which convey
meaning and make listeners do specific
things wherein its primary concept is
that various functions can be Aristotle
implemented by means of language.

Searle
BRIEF CASE 1
 Choices
Locution Acts

Illocution Acts
Which among the following
is not a kind of act when
speaking? Perlocution Acts

Prelocution Acts
BRIEF CASE 2
 Choices
Locution Acts

Illocution Acts
This is the utterances we
use, which are literal in
meanings.
Perlocution Acts

Prelocution Acts
BRIEF CASE 3
 Choices
Locution Acts

Illocution Acts
These are often used to
perform certain function
and must be performed
on purpose. Perlocution Acts

Prelocution Acts
BRIEF CASE 4
 Choices
Locution Acts

Illocution Acts
The results or effects
produced by means of a
speaker’s illocutionary acts.
Perlocution Acts

Prelocution Acts
BRIEF CASE 5
Discussion
 Types of Speech Acts

Speech Acts

According Austin (1962), speech acts are

speakers’ utterances which convey
meaning and make listeners do specific
things. The primary concept of this is that
various functions can be implemented by
means of language.
 Types of Speech Acts

Speech Acts

Locution Acts
the utterances we use, which are literal
meanings.
 Types of Speech Acts

Speech Acts

Illocution Acts
the intention that a speaker has or the
effect that the utterance has on hearers.
They are often used to perform certain
function and must be performed on
purpose.
 Types of Speech Acts

Speech Acts

Perlocution Acts
the results or effects produced by means
of a speaker’s illocutionary acts.
Types of Speech Acts
   Here is Searle's classification for types of illocutions:
                             A.            Assertive: an illocutionary act that represents a state of affairs.
E.g. stating, claiming, hypothesizing, describing, telling, insisting,
suggesting, asserting, or swearing that something is the case
                             B.            Directive: an illocutionary act for getting the addressee to do something.
E.g. ordering, commanding, daring, defying, challenging
                             C.            Commissive: an illocutionary act for getting the speaker (i.e. the one performing the speech act) to do
something.
E.g. promising, threatening, intending, vowing to do or to refrain from doing something
                             D.            Expressive: an illocutionary act that expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event
presumed to be true..
E.g. congratulating, thanking, deploring, condoling, welcoming, apologizing
                              E.            Declaration: an illocutionary act that brings into existence the state of affairs to which it refers.
E.g. blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing sentence, excommunicating
IDENTIFY THE CLASSIFICATION OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS

1. ___ I hereby testify that I sold that property on July 3, l989.

2. ___ I praise you for receiving the Pulitzer Prize.

3. ___ I pass. (Said while playing bridge)

4. ___ If you need a ride, I offer to drive you to the airport.

5. ___ I request that you be here tomorrow one-half hour earlier.

6. ___ I permit you to camp out on my front lawn.

7. ___ I recommend that you eat less foods with cholesterol.

8. ___ I pledge to donate $500 to your favorite charity.

9. ___ I maintain that Mickey Mouse is a national hero.

10. ___ I bless the two of you. (Said by a priest during the marriage ceremony)
IDENTIFY THE CLASSIFICATION OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS (Assertive, Directive, Commissive, Expressive
or Declaration).

1. ___ I abbreviate the Committee for Untested Trials and Experiments as CUTE.

2. ___ I beg you not to go out during this hurricane.

3. ___ I curse the day you were born.

4. ___ I name this dog Butchie.

5. ___ I compliment you on your excellent choice of wine.

6. ___ I predict that there will be a stock market crash later this year.

7. ___ I acknowledge that I promised to take you to Las Vegas.

8. ___ I implore you to leave that no-good husband of yours.

9. ___ I require my students to do homework assignments.

0. ___ I honor you for winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

Activities and
Assessments
Activities and
Assessments
References
Cultural Reader (2018). Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionary Speech Acts. Retrieved from:
http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.com/2018/01/locutionary-illocutionary.html

Jose, L & Larioque, R. (2016). Oral Communiction in Context. Books Books Atbp. Publishing Corp. 707
Tiaga cor. Kasipagan Sts. Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong City.

Norquist, R. (2020). Speech Act Theory. Retrieved from ThoughtCo.: https://www.thoughtco.com/speech-

act-theory-1691986#:~:text=Speech%20act%20theory%20is%20a,by%20American%20philosopher
%20J.R.%20Searle.
 Oral Communication in Context

Lesson 9:
Types of Speech Acts
Jennelle Marie R. Aragon
Teacher I
Date