Speech Act Theory
Introduction
Till the middle of the XX century the only function of speech acts was to describe the reality. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatics itself studies how transmission of meaning depends not only on the linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener, but also on the context of an utterance, knowledge about the status of those involved, the inferred intent of the speaker and so on. That is why when dealing with pragmatic syntax, in the focus of linguistic study are interrelations between language units and those who use them. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, as it explains how the users are able to overcome ambiguity paying attention to sociological, psychological peculiarities of those involved, time and place of an utterance. Many scholars tried to investigate the problem of speech act and some of them such as J. L. Austin, H. P. Grice, J. R. Searle, J. Lyons, Ch. Morris, P. F. Strawson have succeeded.
Topicality of this issue is that people communicate with each other every day and it is necessary to study deeper the speech acts with the purpose of establishing proper communication.
The aim of this term work is to characterize the performatives of the speech act, to show an influence of Pragmatics on it, to classify its felicity conditions, to systematize the types of the speech acts.
To achieve this aim it is necessary to perform the following tasks: to give explanation of the Speech act theory; to examine different points of view on this problem; to illustrate the examples of different types of speech acts; to characterize different types of felicity conditions.
Object of this paper is functioning of the Speech act theory.
Subject is to examination of the Speech act theory and its types.
Chapter i. speach act theory and pragmatics
For sure, both Speech act theory and Pragmatics intend to study linguistic
Till the middle of the XX century the only function of speech acts was to describe the reality. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatics itself studies how transmission of meaning depends not only on the linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener, but also on the context of an utterance, knowledge about the status of those involved, the inferred intent of the speaker and so on. That is why when dealing with pragmatic syntax, in the focus of linguistic study are interrelations between language units and those who use them. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, as it explains how the users are able to overcome ambiguity paying attention to sociological, psychological peculiarities of those involved, time and place of an utterance. Many scholars tried to investigate the problem of speech act and some of them such as J. L. Austin, H. P. Grice, J. R. Searle, J. Lyons, Ch. Morris, P. F. Strawson have succeeded.
Topicality of this issue is that people communicate with each other every day and it is necessary to study deeper the speech acts with the purpose of establishing proper communication.
The aim of this term work is to characterize the performatives of the speech act, to show an influence of Pragmatics on it, to classify its felicity conditions, to systematize the types of the speech acts.
To achieve this aim it is necessary to perform the following tasks: to give explanation of the Speech act theory; to examine different points of view on this problem; to illustrate the examples of different types of speech acts; to characterize different types of felicity conditions.
Object of this paper is functioning of the Speech act theory.
Subject is to examination of the Speech act theory and its types.
Chapter i. speach act theory and pragmatics
For sure, both Speech act theory and Pragmatics intend to study linguistic
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