A taxonomy of illocutionary acts

Searle, J. R. (1979). A taxonomy of illocutionary acts. Expression and Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts.

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Book chapter

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Review or monograph

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1979

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Primes

• Metaphor
  • The dead-vs-live metaphor distinction — Live metaphors command attention; dead or conventionalized metaphors ("grasping an idea," "leg of the table") fade into transparency and become literal in everyday use

    This sourceEstablishes the five-fold classification of illocutionary acts including declarations — utterances that change the world by representing it as changed — generalizing Austin's performatives.

• Performativity
  • Philosophy of language: Austin's performatives — "I now pronounce you married," "I name this ship," "I bequeath," "I bet" — accomplish the act rather than report it; Searle's later taxonomy of declarations (utterances that change the world by representing it as changed) generalizes the category.

    This sourceEstablishes the five-fold classification of illocutionary acts including declarations — utterances that change the world by representing it as changed — generalizing Austin's performatives.

• Speech Act Theory (Illocution, Perlocution)

  • This sourceEstablishes the five-fold classification of illocutionary acts including declarations — utterances that change the world by representing it as changed — generalizing Austin's performatives.

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