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PREPARED BY: BRITCH E.

PAJA

RHIZ LOUISE

LESSON 3
TYPES OF SPEECH ACT

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

 identify the types of speech acts in quotations.

 classify the speech acts using rephrasing.

 analyze the speech act performed in news casting.

 respond appropriately and effectively to a speech act.

 interpret the types of speech acts used in movie dialogues.

BRAIN STARTER

- Read the news feed on your social media account (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Comment on a
particular status, issue, picture or meme (a humorous image, video, piece of text, Etc. That is
copied or often with slight variations that is spread rapidly online). Write your comment and
make a screen shot of it to print. Show it to the class and explain what motivated you to
comment on that specific online status, issue, picture or meme before you submit it to your
teacher.

BRAIN BUILDER
- Speaking any language is similar to performing a speech act. In this lesson, utterances are
not only set of phrases but also a kind of intentional action. With intentional action, what
one intends can contribute to what one is doing.
Speech act is performed by a way of an utterance with intended action. The performance of
a speech act is in accordance to the rules in using linguistic elements (phonology, semantics,
syntax and pragmatics).

 LOCUTIONARY ACT- Is the the performance of an utterance; phonology, syntax and


sematics.
 ILLOCUTIONARY ACT- Is the intended action of the utterance; pregmatics.
 PERLOCUTIONARY ACT - Is its actual effect; persuading, inspiring, asking, and so on.
TYPES OF SPEECH ACT

ASSERTIVES- are utterances that tell how things are in the world. They are representations of reality.
It is a speech act that contains the speaker to the truth of a proposition; true or false. These are in
the form of the statements, descriptions, classification, explanations and clarifications.

DIRECTIVES- are attempts by the speaker to get the listener do something. Correct uses of directives
must always refer to future voluntary acts and not impossible to do. They
are said to obey or disobey. These are in the form of orders, commands, requests and reference to
pleading, begging, praying, insisting, and suggesting.

COMMSSIVES- are utterances that commit a speaker to some voluntary action. They reveal the
intention of the speaker. Commissives are in the form of vows, threats, pledges guarantees,
contracts, promises, covenants and oaths. An offer is also a commissive but it only commits the
speaker to some action upon the condition of the offer being accepted.

EXPRESSIVES- are utterances representing psychological attitudes. It reveals the speaker’s emotions
towards a particular proposition. Expressive include thanking, apologizing, congratulating and
welcoming.

DECLARATION- are the foundations of human civilization. These are utterances that change the
world in the form of social and political transformation. The proposal is brought into existence by
means of a declaration. More than one category can be applied to a single speech act. For example
the utterance,“ I promise to come and see you," is both commissive and a declaration because it is
committing the speaker to a future action and it is making the utterance a promise by declaring it to
be a promise. Understanding these categories of speech acts will help one understand how language
relates to reality.

Speech acts can be performed directly or indirectly.

Direct speech act is explained with the grammatical structure (performative verb) it most naturally
takes. It requires a good motif for the situation. However, being too direct when stating one's
opinion might sound insulting especially to listeners who are particular to social status. Direct
command may sound very authoritative to some. Likewise, asking direct questions to an
acquaintance or a stranger may seem intrusive or nosy. Thus, direct speech act must be accordingly
observed.

Indirect speech act is defined with interrogative structure (question form). It explains the
relationship between the actual words spoken and the speakers intention, Indirect speech act is very
useful in socially distant situations. People have varied levels of directness tolerance, so it is safer to
say it politely.

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