UNIT II – THE THEORY OF SPEECH ACTS

Names:

EMILY SECO 29.535.277

HERNY AULAR 26.986.446

MISTICA PEROZO 27.543.925

MORONI GONZALEZ 27.176.835

 Okay, focus and let's do it.

Locution: It can be classified as an affirmative and imperative sentence conjugated in

present tense.

Illocution: It refers to an action that Mistica wants the other listeners to do; in this case
she wants everyone to concentrate on doing the homework.

Type of Illocution: This is an imperative sentence which expresses a directive illocution.

Perlocution: This sentence produces that her friends to concentrate on doing the
homework.

Since the locution and the illocution coincide in this sentence, we can say that this is a
direct speech.

 I think she would look better without a boyfriend.

Locution: This is an affirmative and declarative sentence conjugated in present tense.

Illocution: Moroni tries to flirt with Mystica in front of her boyfriend and at the same time
make her boyfriend Henry angry.

Type of Illocution: It is a declarative sentence which expresses an expressive illocution.

Perlocution: This causes Herny to get angry and everyone else to feel uncomfortable with
the situation.

This sentence is indirect because there’s no coincidence at the syntactic structure.

 If you say that again, I swear I'll kill you.

Locution: It is classified as an affirmative and imperative sentence conjugated in present
and future tense.

Illocution: We can say that it is a threat, something that Herny will possibly do in the
future; in this case, he will hurt Moroni if he flirts with his girlfriend again.

Type of Illocution: It is an imperative sentence which expresses a commisive illocution.

Perlocution: It caused Moroni to step back and ask him to calm down.

It is an indirect speech.

 I don't care about the homework, I'm angry!

Locution: This is a negative, declarative and exclamative sentence conjugated in present

tense.

Illocution: It expresses how Herny feels about this specific situation, in this case he
exclaims how angry he is at that moment.

Type of Illocution: It is a declarative and exclamative sentence which expresses an

expressive illocution.

Perlocution: It caused all the others to start arguing.

This is a direct speech.