MCLS 30420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Locutionary Act, Speech Act, Illocutionary Act
11 Apr 2017
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Foreign language and culture studies - mcls 30420. Speech act theory and the components of a speech act. Speech act theory as an extension of context. The responses brought about by any given speech act can be expected or. Unexpected from the sender"s perspective, depending on the receiver"s success in decoding the message using contextual clues. Three components of a speech act: the locutionary act. Producing a linguistically-sound utterance the surface form. At the level of the locutionary act context is not considered: the illocutionary act. The communicative purpose underlying the locutionary act. What the sender is trying to accomplish. Expressing a sense of doubt, asking for confirmation, telling someone to check on something. Simply stating one"s physical state, rendering sadness, trying to break off a meal date with someone: perlocutionary effect. How the receiver actually responds in relation to the illocutionary act. Can be desired or undesired, from the sender"s perspective.
