Speech act theory (1930S-1960S).
Also ‘illocutionary act theory’.
Originally formulated by the British philosopher John Langshaw Austin (1911-1960), and developed by the American JOHN ROGERS SEARLE (1932- ), it is a branch of PRAGMATICS.
When saying something, one is simultaneously doing something. An ‘utterance act’ is performed in voicing words and sentences; a ‘propositional act’ is carried out by referring to entities and predicating states and actions.
The interpersonal act performed in speaking is an ‘illocutionary act’ (the central concept): ‘I promise to pay you $5.00’ counts as an act of promising if certain SINCERITY CONDITIONS or FELICITY CONDITIONS are fulfilled.
The intended effect on the addressee is a ‘perlocutionary act’.
Also see: negation, emotivism, prescriptivism, performative theory of truth, subjectivist theories of probability
Source:
J L Austin, How to Do Things with Words (Oxford, 1962);
J R Searle, Speech Acts (Cambridge, 1969)
Table of Contents
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- 2.1 Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy)
- 2.2 What is a Speech Act? A brief introduction to Searle's theory on speech acts
- 2.3 Motivating Language Theory: Effective Leader Talk in the Workplace
- 2.4 Toward a Speech Act Theory of Literary Discourse
- 2.5 Words in Action: Speech Act Theory And Biblical Interpretation
- 2.6 Expression and Meaning
- 2.7 Imprecation as Divine Discourse: Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship, and Theological Interpretation (Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements)
- 2.8 Essays in Speech Act Theory (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
- 2.9 Preaching as the Word of God: Answering an Old Question with Speech-Act Theory
- 2.10 Foundations of Speech Act Theory
- attitude theories
- negation performative theory
- non-cognitivism
- performative (or ditto) theory of truth
- John Langshaw Austin
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Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy)
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- English (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages - 03/31/1980 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
What is a Speech Act? A brief introduction to Searle's theory on speech acts
- Müller, Franziska (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 16 Pages - 12/05/2016 (Publication Date) - Grin Verlag (Publisher)
Motivating Language Theory: Effective Leader Talk in the Workplace
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- Mayfield, Jacqueline (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 163 Pages - 09/08/2017 (Publication Date) - Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Toward a Speech Act Theory of Literary Discourse
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- Pratt, Mary Louise (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 236 Pages - 07/01/1977 (Publication Date) - Indiana Univ Pr (Publisher)
Words in Action: Speech Act Theory And Biblical Interpretation
- Briggs, Richard (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 368 Pages - 07/01/2004 (Publication Date) - T & T Clark International (Publisher)
Expression and Meaning
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- Searle (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 204 Pages - 11/27/1985 (Publication Date) - Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Essays in Speech Act Theory (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
- English (Publication Language)
- 351 Pages - 12/21/2001 (Publication Date) - John Benjamins Publishing Company (Publisher)
Preaching as the Word of God: Answering an Old Question with Speech-Act Theory
- Chan, Sam (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 292 Pages - 07/12/2016 (Publication Date) - Pickwick Publications (Publisher)
Foundations of Speech Act Theory
- English (Publication Language)
- 512 Pages - 11/24/2016 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
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