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Types of Speech Acts

The document discusses speech acts and their types. It defines speech acts as utterances used to achieve intended effects like apologies, greetings, or requests. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary acts involve uttering words, illocutionary acts concern the social function and intention of what is said like requests or promises, and perlocutionary acts result in changing feelings, thoughts, or actions. Communicative competence requires understanding how speech acts work in different contexts.

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Types of Speech Acts

The document discusses speech acts and their types. It defines speech acts as utterances used to achieve intended effects like apologies, greetings, or requests. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary acts involve uttering words, illocutionary acts concern the social function and intention of what is said like requests or promises, and perlocutionary acts result in changing feelings, thoughts, or actions. Communicative competence requires understanding how speech acts work in different contexts.

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ORAL

COMMUNICATION IN
CONTEXT

TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS

1 2 (Week 7)
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Content Standard: Performance Standard:


The learner recognizes that The learner demonstrates
communicative competence effective use of
requires understanding of communicative strategy in a
speech context, speech style, variety of speech situations.
speech act and
communicative strategy
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Learning Competency/ies:

 EN11/12OC-Ifj-20 : The learner responds appropriately and


effectively to a speech act
Types of
Speech Act
By the end of the lesson,
you will have been able to:
Define speech acts
Distinguish types of speech
acts
Recognize that
communicative competence
requires understanding of
speech acts
Let’s warm-up
Consider the phrase: “I now declare
State of Lawlessness.” Who among the
following can say this phrase and make
it actually happen?
a. President of the country
b. Your pregnant neighbor
c. A retired veteran
d. A famous rockstar
Let’s warm-up
What do you think does the speaker
mean when he/she says, “Can you
open the door?”
a. The speaker wants to know if I have
the ability to open the door
b. The speaker is requesting me to open
the door
c. The speaker does not make sense
d. The speaker is asking me a question
Let’s warm-up
You and your friend who has a fever
enter your room. She shivers and tells
you, “It’s cold in here!” How would you
interpret what she said?
a. She feels cold.
b. She wants you to increase the
temperature in the room.
c. She does not feel well because of the
cold.
d. She is complimenting the temperature in
your room.
Let’s warm-up
Based on the scenario in the previous
slide, what would your next action be?
a. I will thank my friend.
b. I will agree with her and say that the
room is cold.
c. I will increase the temperature to
decrease the coldness
d. I will ignore my friend.
Let’s warm-up
In which of the following statements is
the speaker making a commitment?
a. I checked her Facebook profile
yesterday.
b. I’m in love and I’m happy.
c. I promise to love you for better or for
worse.
d. I think following my suggestion will
get us high grade.
Key Takeaways
Speech act is an utterance
that a speaker makes to
achieve an intended effect.
e.g. offering an apology, greeting,
request, complaint, invitation,
compliment, or refusal
-it might contain just one word or several
words or sentences.
Key Takeaways
Thanks
Thank you for always being there
for me. I really appreciate it.
BOTH ARE SPEECH ACTS THAT
SHOW APPRECIATION
REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH
OF THE STATEMENT.
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)

1. Locutionary act
2. Illocutionary act
3. Perlocutionary act
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
1. Locutionary act is the actual act of
uttering.
Sense is required for a communication of a
locutionary act to take place or to create an
ostensible meaning.
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
e.g. Please do the dishes.
Doh!
What?
It’s a bird.
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
2. Illocutionary act is the social function
of what is said.
It has the intention of:
Stating an opinion, confirming, or
denying something
Making a prediction, a promise, a
request
Issuing an order or a decision; or
Giving advice or permission
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
2. Illocutionary act
e.g.
Please do the dishes (request)
There’s too much homework in this
subject. (opinion)
I’ll do my homework later.(promise)
Go do your homework!(order)
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
2. Illocutionary act
Performative utterances – statements
which enable the speaker to perform
something just by stating it
-Verbs that execute the speech act

“A performative utterance said by the right


person under the right circumstances results
in a change in the world.”
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
2. Illocutionary act
Performative utterances
e.g.
I now pronounce you husband and wife.
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
3. Perlocutionary act is the resulting act
of what is said. Its aim is to change
feeling, thoughts, or actions.
It could be: inspiring or insulting;
persuading/convincing; or
deterring/scarring.
Key Takeaways
Three Types of Speech Acts
By J.L. Austin (1962)
3. Perlocutionary act
e.g. Please do the dishes.
I was born a Filipino, I will live a Filipino,
I will die a Filipino.
It is the bleak job situation that forces
Filipinos to find jobs overseas.
Texting while driving kills – you, your
loved ones, other people.

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