PRAGMATICS

PRAGMATICS

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LOOK!

“It’s not
connected, the
projector and my
laptop.”
 SPEECH ACT

Language is not only used to

What people do through their
describe things but also to do
language.
things.

Apology
Actions that are performed via
Complaint utterances
Request
etc.
Circumstances
including other
The speaker utterances
expects help both
Speech
hearer to speaker and
listener to do
event
catch the
intention. the process.
 SPEECH ACT

Locutionary act Illocutionary act Perlocutionary act

The act of Utterance has an

Produce
producing effect (action,
utterance and it
meaning for an belief/thoughts,
has purpose
utterance feeling)

Someone turned
“Hi...” “It’s hot here”
on the fan.

Illocutionary force

Communicative Hearer recognized

The intention involved
purpose it as a request
 “IT’S HOT HERE”

Locutionary act Illocutionary act Perlocutionary act

The speaker refers A request for Someone turned on
to the someone to turn the fan/opened the
temperature in on the fan or window.
his/her place. open the window.
He/she feels hot.
 LOOK!

“This tea is
really cold!”

“Close the
door!”
“Could you
close the
door”

...there are ways to interpret

illocutionary force...

Illocutionary Force Indicating

Device (IFID)
Performative verbs, word order,
intonation, stress
PERFORMATIVE VERB

“I apologize
for being Illocutionary force?
late.”

Apologizing
Performative
verb

Verb named the

action explicitly

...promise, invite, predict, request, forbid, etc.

WORD ORDER, INTONATION, STRESS

You’re going!

You’re
Telling going?
Are you
going?
Confirming/re
questing
confirmation
Asking
LOOK!

“I sentence
you two
months in
prison.”
 FELICITY CONDITION

Appropriate circumstances for the performance

of a speech act to be recognized as intended.

There are some conditions for illocutionary force

to be felicitous.

Where you understand the language being

General condition
used. You share the same language.

Coresspondence between content and

Content condition
words (linguistic choice.)
 The person performing speech act has the
Preparatory condition authority to do so. The participants are in the
correct situation to have that act performed
on them.

This is when the participants have the

Sincerity condition appropriate thoughts, feelings and
intentions.

Speaker’s intention to carry out the action

Essential condition
expressed.
THAT’S IT. THANK YOU! 
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