SPEECH

ACTS
Presenter: Ms. Karla Andrea B. Abellanosa
 WHAT ARE SPEECH ACTS?
“…actions performed via utterances.”

proposed by developed by
John L. Austin John R. Searle
 WHAT ARE SPEECH ACTS?
They believe that language is not
only used to inform or to describe
things, it is often used to
“do things”, to perform acts.
TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS
•Locutionary
•Illocutionary
•Perlocutionary
 LOCUTIONARY
- occurs when the speaker
performs an utterance,
or an expression
LOCUTIONARY
Examples:
“Woaaaah….”
“What?”
“It’s a bird!”
Speech Acts
 ILLOCUTIONARY
- is the performance or
the act saying something
with a specific intention
 ILLOCUTIONARY
Examples:

“ May I see your I.D.?”

“Get out in this classroom!”
“Answer Activity 3 on page 23.”
Speech Acts
 PERLOCUTIONARY
- happens when what the
speaker says has an
effect on the listener
 PERLOCUTIONARY
Examples:

“An Atenean student knows how to fall in line.”

“Texting while driving kills you, your loved ones,
other people!”
“Only fools throw garbage anywhere. Are you
one of them?”
Speech Acts
TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS
• Locutionary - Utterance
• Illocutionary - Performance
• Perlocutionary - Effect
Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“Give me an apple.”
Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“What an awful sight!”

Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“I can’t do this. I quit.”

Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“What’s your name

little one?”
Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“I won’t give up on you.

Remember that.”
Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“Enough!”

Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“I will always live the

virtue of being a Filipino.”
Speech Acts
 Identify the following
SPEECH ACTS
Say whether it is Locutionary, Illocutionary or Perlocutionary & explain why.

“I don’t have time with

your dramas. Bye!”
Speech Acts
 TYPES OF SPEECH
ACTS
• Locutionary - Utterance
• Illocutionary - Performance
• Perlocutionary - Effect
Speech Acts
CLASSIFICATION OF SPEECH ACTS
1. Assertive
2. Directive
3. Commissive
4. Expressive
5. Declaration
 ASSERTIVE
-the speaker expresses
belief about the truth of a
proposition.
 ASSERTIVE
Suggesting, Boasting,
Swearing &
Concluding
 ASSERTIVE
“I suggest that you should
change your skirt. It’s too
revealing. You’re like a
prostitute.”
 ASSERTIVE
“I conclude that the sun is
the center of the universe.”
 DIRECTIVE
-the speaker tries the
addressee to perform
an action
 DIRECTIVE
Asking, Ordering,
Requesting, Inviting,
Begging
 DIRECTIVE
“May I have a glass of
water please?”

Classification of Speech Acts

 DIRECTIVE
“I want a tequila shot with a
little squeeze of lemon and
a pinch of salt, please.”
 DIRECTIVE
“May we request the
parents of the bride and
groom to please come over
for picture taking.”
 COMMISSIVE
-the speaker commits to do
something in the future

Classification of Speech Acts

 COMMISSIVE
Promising, Planning,
Vowing and Betting
Classification of Speech Acts
 COMMISSIVE
“I promise to love you, in
sickness and in health, for
richer and poorer, till death do
us part…”
Classification of Speech Acts
 COMMISSIVE
“From now on and onwards,
I will be the best version of
myself.”

Classification of Speech Acts

 EXPRESSIVE
-the speaker expresses
his/her feelings of
emotional reaction
Classification of Speech Acts
 EXPRESSIVE
Thanking, Apologizing,
Welcoming &
Deploring
Classification of Speech Acts
 EXPRESSIVE
“I am sorry Mama. I’ve
never been a good son to
you. I’m really sorry.”
Classification of Speech Acts
 EXPRESSIVE
“Good morning Visitors!
Welcome to Grade 11 ABM
– SHS Department!”
Classification of Speech Acts
 EXPRESSIVE
“In behalf of the Faculty and
Staff, I would like to thank
you all for coming over.”
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
-the speaker brings a
change in the external
situation
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
Blessing, Firing,
Baptizing, Bidding, &
Excommunicating
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
“You are fiiiiired!”
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
“You know what, this
marriage is over!!!”
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
“I now baptized you in the
name of the Father, and of
the Son and of the Holy
Spirit…”
Classification of Speech Acts
 ASSERTIVE
Suggesting, Boasting,
Swearing &
Concluding
Classification of Speech Acts
 DIRECTIVE
Asking, Ordering,
Requesting, Inviting,
Begging
Classification of Speech Acts
 COMMISSIVE
Promising, Planning,
Vowing and Betting
Classification of Speech Acts
 EXPRESSIVE
Thanking, Apologizing,
Welcoming &
Deploring
Classification of Speech Acts
 DECLARATION
Blessing, Firing,
Baptizing, Bidding, &
Excommunicating
Classification of Speech Acts
SHORT
QUIZ 
Classification of Speech Acts
 ¼ Sheet of Paper
Identify the following
sentences according to the 5
Classifications of Speech
Acts
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

1. I am the smartest student

in this class and no one can
argue with that.
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

2. I am the richest. Can’t you

see? I can buy you, your
friends and this club!
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

3. I now bless you as

Husband and Wife.
Classification of Speech Acts
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

4. I suggest, you should

sleep. You’re not helping
anyway.
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

5. I promise not to
break your heart.
Never.
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

6. I am a student of BNSHI –
and I will promise to do my
duties and responsibilities.
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

7. Can you get out of my

sight please? You’re too
annoying.
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

8. Welcome to KAPA
Monthly Meeting! Go
KAPA!!!! WAY SIRADO!
Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

9. This relationship is
taking us nowhere. I had
enough! Let’s break up!!!!!
 Assertive – Directive –Commissive –
Expressive - Declaration

10. As Engineers, our plans will

work if we focus on how to maintain
the quality of our Road Projects
instead of calculating our profits.
 Assertive
1. I am the smartest student
in this class and no one can
argue with that.
 Assertive

2. I am the richest. Can’t you

see? I can buy you, your
friends and this club!
 Declaration

3. I now bless you as

Husband and Wife.
Classification of Speech Acts
 Assertive

4. I suggest, you should

sleep. You’re not helping
anyway.
 Commissive
5. I promise not to
break your heart.
Never.
 Commissive

6. I am a student of BNSHI –
and I will promise to do my
duties and responsibilities.
 Directive

7. Can you get out of my

sight please? You’re too
annoying.
 Expressive

8. Welcome to KAPA
Monthly Meeting! Go
KAPA!!!! WAY SIRADO!
 Declaration
9. This relationship is
taking us nowhere. I had
enough! Let’s break up!!!!!
 Commissive
10. As Engineers, our plans will
work if we focus on how to maintain
the quality of our Road Projects
instead of calculating our profits.
FINAL REQUIREMENT IN ORAL
COMMUNICATION
5-MIN. INFOMERCIAL
OF YOUR STRAND
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