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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when a woman turns down a proposal from her boyfriend?
Locutionary
Perlocutionary
Illocutionary
All of these
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when someone makes a promise?
Locutionary
Perlocutionary
Illocutionary
All of these
- 3. Multiple Choice
A group leader inspiring his teammates to do their best is a form of?
Locutionary
Perlocutionary
Illocutionary
All of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
The actual act of uttering or Literal meaning
Locutionary Act
Perlocutionary Act
Illocutionary Act
Speech Act
- 5. Multiple Choice
Resulting Act of what is said or the product.
Locutionary Act
Perlocutionary Act
Illocutionary Act
Performatives
- 6. Multiple Choice
Social function of what is said or the intention of the speaker.
Locutionary Act
Illocutionary Act
Perlocutionary Act
Performatives
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who proposed the speech acts?
John Longshaw Austin
John R. Seale
Harold Lasswell
None of them
- 8. Multiple Choice
an illocutionary act that represents a state of affairs.
assertive
commissive
declaration
expressive
- 9. Multiple Choice
an illocutionary acts for getting the addressee to do something.
directive
assertive
commissive
expressive
- 10. Multiple Choice
an illocutionary act for getting the speaker to do something.
commissive
assertive
directive
expressive
- 11. Multiple Choice
an illocutionary act that expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event presumed to be true.
assertive
commissive
directive
expressive
- 12. Multiple Choice
an illocutionary act that brings into existence the state of affairs to which it refers
commissive
declaration
directive
assertive
- 13. Multiple Choice
He later developed speech acts into 5 classifications.
John Longshaw Austin
John R. Searle
Harold Lasswell
None of them
- 14. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"I praise you for receiving the Pulitzer Prize."
assertive
commissive
expressive
directive
- 15. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"I request that you be here tomorrow one-half hour earlier."
directive
assertive
commissive
expressive
- 16. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"I bless the two of you. (Said by a priest during the marriage ceremony)."
assertive
declaration
directive
commissive
- 17. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"I name this dog Butchie."
assertive
declaration
directive
expressive
- 18. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
assertive
commissive
declaration
expressive
- 19. Multiple Choice
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence
"Welcome home!"
assertive
expressive
declaration
commissive
- 20. Multiple Choice
What type of Speech Act according to Austin is this: "I love you to the moon and back."
Locutionary
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
All of these
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