speech act

An act that is performed by making an utterance, as the issuing of a warning, the making of a promise, or the giving of a greeting.

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speech act

1. (Logic) an utterance that constitutes some act in addition to the mere act of uttering

2. (Philosophy) an act or type of act capable of being so performed

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Noun

speech act - the use of language to perform some act

human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen

congratulation, felicitation - the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration

slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

proposal, proposition - the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"

bid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

agreement - the verbal act of agreeing

citation - (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

offer, offering - the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"

asking, request - the verbal act of requesting

reply, response - the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"

description - the act of describing something

affirmation, assertion, statement - the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

denial - the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"

rejection - the speech act of rejecting

objection - the speech act of objecting

making known, informing - a speech act that conveys information

disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident

promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives

naming - the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

challenge - a call to engage in a contest or fight

explanation - the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing

speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

resignation - the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)

Translations

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Searle (1979: 28-29) maintains that warning is a speech act which belongs to either directive or assertive syntax.

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Apologies and thanks are two types of universal speech act. A speech act refers to a minimal unit of discourse easily transferable from language to language (Coulmas, 1981).

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Yet, Austin was not happy to accept that this is all there is to a speech act: to describe a state of affairs.

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In this regard, Fitri, Hilman [3] argues that the speech act imperative to have a different shape depending on the Qur'an so often imperative not use the original meaning but uses a meaning other resulting in a difference of opinion in determining whether related or which is not related to legal matters syar'i.

Analysis speech act imperative in Alquran

The formal dialectical approach (Walton and Krabbe, 1995), describes a dialogue as an ordered sequence of moves in which participants take turns in making a move containing a speech act. This defines a dialogue as essentially a sequence of pairs of moves by each side that are defined by a set of rules.

Profiles of dialogue: a method of argument fault diagnosis and repair

As each speech act cluster has a corresponding category of rules, so too do they have correlating types of rule.

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