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Speech event 1
At the school
Directives:
Carla: Hurry up or I’m coming in. (direct)
Carla’s utterance is commisive; to tell the boys that she will come in if they are
don’t get out.
Mack: Right, I’m hungry, so we’re going to your house for food.
(indirect)
This utterance is commissive Mack is hungry so he and his friends will going to
Finn’s house to eat there.
Finn: It's not like we're gonna spread it around or anything. (indirect)
This utterance is representative; Fin is trying to defend himself.
Carla: just with the rest of the team? (indirect)
This utterance is declarative; Carla just wants to make sure.
Finn: it’s just Mack being a dick, you know what he’s like. (indirect)
This utterance is representative; Finn is defend himself that he is not like what
she thinks.
No, you right. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have looked it. I’m sorry. (indirect)
This utterance is expressive the function is to apologies to Finn about what she
have done.
Speech event 3
At teacher’s room
Carla: I found this page online when I was at my friend’s house the other
day. And I found this group chat of the boys of the football team and they
were sharing photos of girls and laughing about it. (direct)
This utterance is representative; Carla is describing to her teacher about what
was she discovers.
Speech act 4
At school yard
Finn: Umm what you and I have spoken about like you didn’t tell
anybody anything. I’m sorry I just kind of feeling off right now. Hang on
hang on. You didn’t tell anybody about what you and I had spoken about,
right? (indirect)
This utterance is declarative; Finn just wants to know that Carla is not the one
who told the teacher about their secret.