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Speech act in linguistics is defined in the

terms of the intention of the speaker and the


effect it would take on the listener, and this is
an important part of communication. These
verbal actions do accomplish acts like
greeting, insulting, complimenting, pleading,
giving information, and expressing requests,
warnings, promises, apologies, greetings, or
any declarations.
Locutionary Speech Act

According to “Philosophy of Language: The


Central Topics” of Susana Nuccetelli and
Gary Seay, is the “mere act of producing
some linguistic sounds or marks with a certain
meaning and reference”. The utterance is a
sound, a word, or a phrase that follows the
rules of language. This is simply just an
The locutionary act is the act of
making an expressive meaning,
extending the spoken language preceded
by silence and then followed by silence or
a change of speaker – also known as a
locution or utterance act.
Locutionary acts can be discussed in two
parts: utterance acts and
propositional acts.
An utterance act is a language that
comprises the verbal employment of units
of expression such as words and
sentences, where-as Propositional acts
are clear and expressive with a specific
definable point, as opposed to mere
Examples of Locutionary Acts
• I warn you to stop smoking – It constitutes an
expressed locutionary act because its
propositional content predicates a future act (to
stop smoking of the hearer) you
• The dog is on the floor – Declarative sentence
form that denotes a statement
• Do you want some coffee? – Interrogative
sentence form used to ask questions
• Close the door – Imperative sentence form used
to give direction
Illocutionary Speech Act

This is a directive to the audience which could


be a promise, an order, an apology, or an
expression of thanks. This is an act of saying
something that has an intention of stating an
opinion, a confirmation, or a denial, giving an
advise, making a promise, and among others.
This is the act of saying something with an
In simple terms an action taken by a speaker
for speaking certain words, for example
actions that is promising or threatening

Illocutionary acts of language in which a


person is said to be doing something – such as
stating, denying or asking.
In an illocutionary act, it is not just the
act of saying something but the act of saying
something for the purpose of:

• Stating an opinion, confirming or denying


something
• Making a prediction, a promise, request
• Issuing an order or a decision
• Giving an advice or permission
Examples of Illocutionary Acts
• I will see you later – we could find three
different assumptions of its meaning –
prediction, promise and a warning
• I promise you to pay back – is an
illocutionary act as it is communicating
• There is too much homework in this
subject – opinion
• I will do my homework later – promise
• Go do your homework – order
Perlocutionary Speech Act

This act carries out an effector consequence to


the listener. One could be inspiring or
insulting, persuading, convincing, and scaring.
The main goal is to change feelings, thoughts,
or actions. This happens when the listener is
being affected by what the speaker has said.
A perlocutionary act of naming an action or
state of mind brought about, or as a result, to
say something. It is also known as a
perlocutionary effect.
A perlocutionary act is the result of listening to
the hearer when the speaker intends to follow
what he is saying.
The examples of perlocutionary acts which
includes persuading, convincing, scaring,
Examples of Perlocutionary Acts
1. Would you mind closing the window
2. Look out for a tiger in a jungle
3. I want you to remain with me
4. I don’t want to be seen with him anymore
5. I want to convince myself of getting
married

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