Q.

Speech acts are acts that refer to the action performed by

produced utterances. People can perform an action by saying
something. Through speech acts, the speaker can convey physical
action merely through words and phrases. Discuss the two major
kinds of speech acts, with FIVE examples of the each kind.
(10*2= 20) [Topic 173]

An illocutionary act is one of asserting, demanding, promising,

suggesting, exclaiming, vowing – essentially, anything that you
can plausibly put the pronoun I in front of (I warn you, I urge
you, I thank you). Illocutionary acts are declarations of personal
view or intent. They are pronouncements from the self to the
world.
 Go! (‘I order you to go’);
 I give thee my troth (I am in the process of marrying you);
 knit one, purl one (‘I order you to knit one, purl one).
Illocutionary acts don’t have to have an immediate, present,
audience:
 This is my last will and testament.
 This book belongs to Joe Bloggs.
A perlocutionary act is one of getting somebody to do
something; persuading (them to do something), convincing
(them to think something), scaring (getting them to be afraid),
insulting (getting them to be offended), amusing (getting them
to laugh). Perlocutionary acts have an agenda, an agenda
directed at someone else. They cannot take the pronoun I so
easily: contrast I urge you with
 I persuade you;
 I advise you with
 I convince you.
 I (hereby) persuade you.
 I (hereby) frighten you.
I (hereby) get you to do.