Types of Illocutionary Acts
Searle's Classification
"John Searle expanded on Austin's theory, defining illocutionary acts by their communicative purpose and how they relate to reality."
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Assertives
Commit the speaker to the truth of the expressed proposition.
Stating
Claiming
Concluding
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Directives
Attempt to get the hearer to do something.
Ordering
Requesting
Advising
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Commissives
Commit the speaker to some future course of action.
Promising
Vowing
Offering
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Expressives
Express the psychological state of the speaker.
Apologizing
Thanking
Congratulating
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Declarations
Bring about a change in reality by the act of utterance.
Marrying
Baptizing
Sentencing
References:
TheCollector.com - J.L. Austin and John Searle on Speech Act Theory
communicationtheory.org - SPEECH ACT THEORY