Speech Acts According to Searle
John R. Searle classified the speech acts into five, namely, assertives, directives, commissives, expressives, and declarations.Assertives refer to utterances that…
Speech Acts According to Austin
We are doing something when we say something. Some examples of speech acts include complimenting, refusing, giving excuses, asking for…
Types of Speech Act
John L. Austin (1962) espoused the Speech Act Theory, and this was developed by John Searle (1969). Austin divided the speech acts into locution or the actual utterance, illocution or the real intended meaning, and perlocution or the actual effect or response.