Cultural Reader

Speech act theory is a branch of linguistics and philosophy that studies the ways in which words can be used to perform actions. This theory...

In most language use in the world, there are three main types of sentences. They are declarative, interrogative, and imperative. Each of t...

The term Felicity condition of Felicity conditions is referred to the effectiveness of speech acts use of the speaker. Austin held that i...

Searle (1979) suggests that speech acts consist of five general classifications to classify the functions or illocutionary of speech acts;...

In communicating themselves people often uses utterances as a tool. These utterances sometimes perform something more than just a sound, or...