Matakuliah
Tahun
: G1042/Pragmatics
: 2006
Speech Acts
Pertemuan 7
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Learning Outcomes
• Mahasiswa dapat menjelaskan pengertian
speech acts dan pemakaiannya (C2)
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Materi Outline
• Definition of Speech Acts
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7.1 Speech Acts (1)
• Definition:
• Speech Acts :
– Performing actions via utterances (Yule,1996)
– Performs some acts and simultaneously describes
(Hurford and Heasley, 1994)
– E.g.
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Apology
Complaint
Compliment
Invitation
Promise
request
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7.1 Speech Acts (2)
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I name this ship Hibernia (act of naming)
I sentence you to be hanged by the neck
I promise to pay you tomorrow
I warn you not to come any closer
I authorize you to sell my car
I apologize for being late
(Hurford and Heasley, 1994)
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7.1 Speech Acts (3)
The action performed by producing an utterance
consists of three related acts.
1. Locutionary act
2. Illocutionary act
3. Perlocutionary act
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7.1 Speech Acts (4)
1. Locutionary act
producing meaningful linguistic expressions
(Yule, 1996)
the saying of something which is meaningful
and can be understood (Richards, 1997)
e.g. Shoot the snake is a locutionary act if the
hearers understand the words shoot, the,
snake, and can identify the snake referred to
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7.1 Speech Acts (5)
2. illocutionary act
an illocutionary act is performed via the
communication force of utterance. (Yule, 1996)
an illocutionary act is using a sentence to
perform a function (Richards, 1997)
e.g. Shoot the snake is an illocutionary act if it
functions as an order or a piece of advice
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7.1 Speech Acts (6)
3. Perlocutionary act
A perlocutionary act is the results or effects that are produced by
means of saying something (Richards, 1997)
e.g. Shoot the snake is a perlocutionary act if it causes other people
to shoot the snake
In perlocutionary act, the utterance will cause certain effect on the
hearer and others.
e.g. “There’s a hornet in your left ear”
This utterance will cause the hearer to do something. (Hurford and
Heasley, 1994)
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