speech act theory was from?

7 communicative strategies

Happens when what the speaker says has an effect on the listener or a perlocution

changing the subject in a conversation, moving fromone topic to another done without explicitly announcing the change of topic and keeps the communication going and mames it interesting Ex: "By the way, have you done your homework in Stats?"

change the state of the world in an immediate way • Ex: "We the jury find the defendant to be guilty."

speaker requests the receiver to wash the dishes

speaker tries to make the receiver perform an action • Ex: "Ventura, will you do my research?"

limiting the topic or subject in conversation happens when the person wants to focus on a certain aspect of issue or topic due to certain limiting conditions such as time Ex: Let's focus on Communicative Strategies

expresses how the speaker feels about the situation • Ex: "I am thrilled Mangoang, that you will be going to law school."

regulating or manipulating the topic of the conversation and how long we want the other person may talk (diverting) done to elicit specific information from a conversation Ex: "Let's talk about something I am more familiar with."

the performance of the act saying something with a specific intention or illocution

saying of the words

must be used to start and keep conversations going (Cohen, 1990)

process by which people decide who takes the conversational floor allowing appropriate opportunities for others to talk manner in which an orderly conversation normally takes place Ex: "What do you think?"

Speaker commits to doing something in the future • Ex: "Hey Mikom, / will take you to Disneyland for your birthday."

• speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition • commits the speaker to something being the case • Ex: "Bonto is a reputable businessman."

ending the conversation or closing a discussion refers to the conversation participants' close initiating expressions that end a topic in a conversation Ex: "It's been nice talking to you."

reciever washing the dishes

• An utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended affect • Actions that occur thanks to language are considered speech acts • Verbal actions that accomplish something • May contain just one word or several words or sentences

proposing or suggesting a topic with the people you are talking to beginning or opening a discussion Ex: "Why don't we talk about communication?"

occurs when the speaker performs a locution (vocabulary/meaning & structure or grammar)

refers to the correction by the speaker of a misunderstood utterance how the speaker address the problems in speaking, listening, and comprehending that they may encounter in a conversation

5 classification of speech acts

3 speech act theory

• Statements which enable the speaker to perform something just by stating it • These statement/utterances that could only be uttered by people who are authorized to do so