Speech Acts
- Created by: charlottedixon
- Created on: 18-01-18 20:21
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- Speech Acts
- Representatives
- when the speaker is committed to the truth of the proposition
- assertions, claims, reports
- when the speaker is committed to the truth of the proposition
- Comissives
- the speaker is committed to a (future) course of action
- promises, threats, offers
- the speaker is committed to a (future) course of action
- Directives
- the speaker attempts to get the hearer to do something
- suggestions, requests, commands
- the speaker attempts to get the hearer to do something
- Declaratives
- the speaker alters the outward status or condition of an object or situation, solely by making the utterance
- decrees, declarations
- the speaker alters the outward status or condition of an object or situation, solely by making the utterance
- Expressives
- the speaker expresses an attitude about a state of affairs
- apologies, complaints, thanks
- the speaker expresses an attitude about a state of affairs
- Representatives
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