speech act

A particular instance of communication is called a speech act.

The role a speech act, such as an expression of opinion/research could play.

Thus, a speech act can, in itself, be an intention.

There is no interaction between the speech act and the consensus.

This theory deals with only one type of human behavior, which is speech acts.

Claims about truth conditions, reference, and speech acts were the center of attention back then.

In other words, that agent can continue to intend after the speech act has been accomplished.

Of course, there is no reason why a book on speech act theory should discuss alternative approaches at all.

It may also be interpreted as a speech act.

These are a class of questions that encompass indirect speech acts.

However, some filler words are used to express certain speech acts.

For this reason it is pointless to try to define the context of a speech act.

It refers to speech acts which promise much but deliver little.

The second speaker used an indirect speech act to reject the proposal.

In the course of performing speech acts we ordinarily communicate with each other.

Principally, anyone can succeed in constructing something as a security problem through speech acts.

There is a greater use of indirect speech acts.

Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs.

He has worked extensively with functional linguistic theories and speech act theory.

Dual messages are transmitted in a single speech act.

Speech act theory uses technical terms for these layers of intention and interpretation.

Socialization is achieved by extending the speech act perspective to the level of interaction.

This discipline considers the various contexts in which speech acts occur.

The speech acted to clarify any doubt in the party line for lower level officials and among the general populace.

This is critical for him to make the case that an agent, having made a decision or an intending speech act, can "remain decided."