yule, Speech Acts Pertemuan 7 Matakuliah: G1042/Pragmatics Tahun: 2006

yule, Learning Outcomes Mahasiswa dapat menjelaskan pengertian speech acts dan pemakaiannya (C2)

yule, Materi Outline Definition of Speech Acts

yule, Speech Acts (1) Definition: Speech Acts : –Performing actions via utterances (Yule,1996) –Performs some acts and simultaneously describes (Hurford and Heasley, 1994) –E.g. Apology Complaint Compliment Invitation Promise request

yule, Speech Acts (2) 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)

yule, Speech Acts (3) The action performed by producing an utterance consists of three related acts. 1.Locutionary act 2.Illocutionary act 3.Perlocutionary act

yule, 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

yule, 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

yule, 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)