Oral Communication- Grade 11

SPEECH
ACTS
- Ms. Mary Grace O. del Rosario,
LPT
Table of contents
Searle’s
What are speech Classification of
01 acts? 03 Speech Act

Types of Speech Summary

02 Acts 04
 Learning
At theObjectives:
end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
a. describe speech act;
b. distinguish types and classification of speech act;
c. determine the appropriate response in different
social setting; and
d. respond appropriately and effectively to a speech
act.
Speech Acts
- are performed when a person offers
an apology, greeting, request, complaint,
invitation compliment, or refusal. Speech
act is an act of communication
- are utterances that a speaker makes to
achieve an intended effect
 Introduction
As we communicate with others, we use language without
minding whether to use complete sentence or not. The
number of words in a single utterance does not matter so long
as we can get our message across.
01 Types of
Speech Acts s
THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS
According to J. L. Austin (1962), a philosopher of language and the developer of
the Speech Act Theory, there are three types of acts in every utterance, given the
right circumstances or context.
1. Locutionary act is the actual act of
uttering or saying something.
2. Illocutionary act is the social function of
what is said.
3. Perlocutionary act refers to the
consequent effect of what was said.
02 Searle’s
Classification
of Speech Act
As a response to Austin’s Speech Act Theory, John Searle
(1976), a professor from the University of California,
Berkeley, classified illocutionary acts into five distinct
categories.
1. Assertive – a type of illocutionary act in which the
speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition.
Some examples of an assertive act are suggesting, putting
forward, swearing, boasting and concluding
Example: No one can love you better than I do.
2. Directive – a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker tries to
make the addressee perform an action. Some examples of a directive
act are asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging.
Example:
Please maintain the cleanliness of our school
3. Commissive – a type of illocutionary act which commits the
speaker to doing something in the future. Examples of a commissive
act are promising, planning, vowing, and betting
Example:
From this moment on, I will love you and honor you for the
rest of my life.
4. Expressive – a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker
expresses his/her feelings or emotional reactions. Some examples of an
expressive act are thanking, apologizing, welcoming and deploring.
Example:
Thank heavens, you came to save me! I owe you my life.
5. Declaration– a type of illocutionary act which brings a change in
the external situation. Simply put, declarations bring into existence or
cause the state of affairs which they refer to. Some examples of
declarations are blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a
sentence, and excommunicating.
Example:
You are hired!
Learning
Task 1
Activity: Famous Lines
Recall your favorite movie/teleserye and its
striking lines. Determine the character’s
speech act by filling out the table.
Learning
Task 2
A. Suppose you are in the situations described below. As a
good citizen, how are you going to respond to these? Supply
the table with the needed information. The first one is done for
you.
One important area of pragmatics is that of speech
acts, which are communicative acts that convey an
intended language function. Speech acts include
functions such as requests, apologies, suggestions,
commands, offers, and appropriate responses to those
acts. Of course, speakers of these acts are not truly
successful until the intended meaning they convey are
understood by listeners.
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