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    Speech Acts Are The Speaker's Utterances Which Convey Meaning and Make Listeners Do Specific Things (Austin, 1962)

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    Speech acts convey meaning through a speaker's utterances and can influence listeners to take actions. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary. Locutionary acts refer to the actual words spoken. Illocutionary acts concern the intention or meaning behind the words. Perlocutionary acts are the effects or consequences of the speech on the listener. Communication strategies help avoid breakdowns and include techniques like nomination of topics, turn-taking, restriction, topic control, topic shifting, and termination.

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    Speech acts convey meaning through a speaker's utterances and can influence listeners to take actions. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary. Locutionary acts refer to the actual words spoken. Illocutionary acts concern the intention or meaning behind the words. Perlocutionary acts are the effects or consequences of the speech on the listener. Communication strategies help avoid breakdowns and include techniques like nomination of topics, turn-taking, restriction, topic control, topic shifting, and termination.

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    Speech acts convey meaning through a speaker's utterances and can influence listeners to take actions. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary. Locutionary acts refer to the actual words spoken. Illocutionary acts concern the intention or meaning behind the words. Perlocutionary acts are the effects or consequences of the speech on the listener. Communication strategies help avoid breakdowns and include techniques like nomination of topics, turn-taking, restriction, topic control, topic shifting, and termination.

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    SPEECH ACTS

    What is speech act?


    Speech acts are the speaker’s utterances which convey meaning and make listeners do specific things (Austin, 1962).
    Example:
    “I am hungry.”
    • expresses hunger
    • requests for something to eat

    There are three types of speech act:


     LOCUTION  ILLOCUTION  PERLOCUTION
    LOCUTIONARY (UTTERANCE)
    The actual words uttered.
    Speaking part of the speech act.
    A locutionary speech act occurs when the speaker performs an utterance (locution)

    ILLOCUTIONARY (INTENTION)
    The intention behind the words uttered.
    It is the performance of the act of saying something with a specific intention.
    JONH SEARLE’S CATEGORIES OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS
     ASSERTIVES  COMMISIVES  DECLARATIVES
     DIRECTIVES  EXPRESSIVES
    ASSERTIVES
    Commit the speaker to the truthfulness of a condition or situation such as when he or she asserts, concludes , deduces,
    or swears that something is true.
    EXAMPLE:
    Goloso visits his grandmother during the holidays

    DIRECTIVES
    Are attempts by the speaker to make the listener do something
    EXAMPLE:
    I advise you to stop smoking.
    COMMISIVES
    Commit the speaker to a future action
    EXAMPLE:
    I will win it for you
    EXPRESSIVES
    Show a speaker’s attitude toward a situation
    EXAMPLE:
    You did great.
    DECLARATIVES
    Make something true by saying it (constantive) or make the speaker do something by saying it (performative)
    EXAMPLE:
    Constantive
    I now pronounce you husband and wife
    Performative
    I nominate myself for class president.

    PERLOCUTIONARY (EFFECT)
    The influence of the word on the listener.
    It happens when what the speaker says has an effect on the listener.

    COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
    It is a way to avoid communication breakdown.

    NOMINATION

    When introducing a topic at the beginning of Communicative Situation, what is being used is the Nomination Strategy. It
    is a Strategy that can also applied any time during the course of an interaction as a way of continuing the
    communication. When this strategy is used, the topic is introduced in a clear and truthful manner, stating only what is
    relevant to keep the interaction focused.

    TURN-TAKING

    Turn-taking in a conversation refers to the time given to each speaker to deliver his/her message before the other
    speaker talks. This encourages the speakers to be courteous and respectful of each other’s time. Throughout a
    conversation, speakers negotiate turn-taking.

    RESTRICTION

    Is a process by which a speaker constrains the response/reaction within a certain set of categories
    TOPIC CONTROL

    A strategy that limits the coverage of a discussion or conversation to things that are acceptable to the people involved in
    the exchange.

    TOPICSHIFTING

    When changing from one topic to another, the speaker should prepare the audience or listeners for the change. The
    change must be done smoothly by using known expressions that signal a change of topic.

    Example

    “By the way…”


    “ Well, in other news..”
    “In addition...”
    “Since you mentioned that…”
    “ I know this off-topic but I have to ask/say..”
    “ Before I forget…”
    “Going back to…”
    “Speaking of..”
    TERMINATION

    – Using verbal and nonverbal signals to end the interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages that both speaker
    and listener sent to each other.

    INFORMATIVE SPEECH
    An informative speech is one in which the speaker relays knowledge to an audience on a specific topic.

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