SPEECH ACT THEORY
Keywords:
Speech acts, Locutionary Acts, Illocutionary Acts and Perlocutionary Acts.Abstract
This research gives a general overview to Speech Acts with relevant examples. The kinds of speech acts; locutionary acts, illocutionary acts, representative, directive, commissive, expressive and declarative.
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