Speech act From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the United States law against libel tourism‚ see SPEECH Act. A speech act in linguistics and the philosophy of language is an utterance that has performative function in language and communication. According to Kent Bach‚ "almost any speech act is really the performance of several acts at once‚ distinguished by different aspects of the speaker’s intention: there is the act of saying something‚ what one does in saying it‚ such as requesting or promising
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Speech to Entertain: A Guide Joann Babin Rationale and Definition If your instructor assigned you to do a speech to entertain‚ you are lucky. Since so many public speaking text book authors declare entertainment as one of the three major goals of a public speech‚ it is a great skill to practice. It is hard to deny the value of entertainment. Humor has been used to soothe many difficult situations. At a board meeting in San Francisco where there was a heated debate about closing Golden Gate
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The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents‚ almanacs‚ newspapers‚ and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling‚ not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a
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Giles Corey is an elderly citizen of Salem. He is a sincere‚ well-intentioned‚ though occasionally cranky‚ old farmer. He is very blunt and straightforward in his thinking and opinions. Corey is known to be on good terms with John Proctor and Francis Nurse. He is famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. His wife Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft‚ and he himself is accused and accounted for witchcraft and is later on pressed to death with large stones. Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of John
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Act 5 begins with Octavius and Antony saying that their hopes have come true because the men are fleeing the hills and coming to them. This says that Brutus is not truly in his right mind for strategy and is blinded by wanting be honorable after killing Caesar. Cassius then tells Brutus “Flatterers! Now‚ Brutus‚ thank yourself;/This tongue had not offended so today/If Cassius might have ruled.” (see lines 45-47)‚ meaning that if had acted as Cassius suggested‚ then they would not be headed towards
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Rhetorical Analysis of President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech By D. Collins RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF JFK INAUGURAL Page 2 On a cold wintry Friday‚ the 21st day of January in 1961‚ President John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural speech after Chief Justice Earl Warren had sworn him in as the thirty-fifth President of the United States. Excerpts from this famous speech have been echoed in various sound bites and classrooms since the
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Immigration is beneficial for America both economically and socially. To determine the validity of this claim in this paper‚ two essays with different views are analyzed and compared. According to the article “Social Contract- President Clinton’s Speech on Diversity” (n.d)‚ President Clinton’s Portland State University commencement address laying out his administrative policy on immigration alluded to Joseph Fallon’s legal and statistical data pointing out that there is a decline of the U.S cultural
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members of the LGBT community still have work to do (“How So-Called ‘Equality Act’ Threatens Religious Freedom”). This comes to the realization that several same-sex couples find it hard to enjoy other basic human rights in several other states of the country. This paper puts into context the Equality Act 2015‚ making a claim of fact‚ definition‚ cause‚ value or policy of the Act as well as the repercussions
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Stylistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Speech Abstract Higher level English learners always pay attention to English public speech‚ especially those inaugural speeches. They take them as fine literary efforts and good analysis material. This paper tries to give an analysis of Obama’s inaugural speech from stylistic perspective‚ in order to help to better appreciate Obama’s presentation skills. Keywords: stylistics‚ syntactic‚ lexics‚ rhetoric Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the forty-fourth
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Cain‚ JD BS Table of Contents This Thesis will provide an overview of the controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act as it relates to the First Amendment‚ Fifth Amendment‚ Sixth Amendment and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution. In addition this Thesis will summarize the Controversial sections of the Military Authorization Act which goes into effect May‚ 3 2012. Both Acts appear to violate many of the basic principles that have been articulated in the U.S. Constitution‚ particularly within
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