Thursday, November 7, 2019

Speech Act

Speech act.  A speech act is an utterance that serves a function in communication
Introduce By John Sharlene and Austin
1.Loccution
1. Locutionary Act: It is a speech act to state something.
Example: My name is Tito.  This sentence is said by the speaker, to state something that my name is tito.

2. Illocutionary Acts : are acts of speech to state or inform and do something
Example : "I am very tired to" this explanation is not just to inform but the speech utterance said by the speaker to invite the speaker to rest.

Illocution is divided into five parts, namely:
1. Assertive: to tell the speaker about something. 
2. Directive: To make a speaker do something. 
3. Commissive: states that the speaker will do something. 
4. Expressive: expressing feelings and attitudes of speakers at the state implicit in the illocution. 
5. Declarative: Speech that results or produces something new.

Perlocution: is a speech act that is spoken to someone who is often influential or effects the listener