新编简明英语语言学教程课件.pptVIP

Some Examples of Performatives “I do” “I name this ship Elizabeth.” “I give and bequeath my watch to my brother.” “I bet you sixpence it will rain tomorrow.” “I declare the meeting open.” Austin’s new model of speech acts ----According to Austin’s new model, a speaker might be performing three acts simultaneously when speaking: locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. The locutionary act----an act of saying something, i.e. an act of making a meaningful utterance (literal meaning of an utterance); The illocutionary act----an act performed in saying something: in saying