Speech act theory

1. Every utterance has 3 speech acts

1.1. Locutionary

1.1.1. An act performed in saying sth. and conveying literary meaning "what wants to be achieved"

1.2. Perlocution

1.2.1. An act performed by doing sth. thus having perlocutionary effects "what is achieved"

1.3. Illocutionary

1.3.1. An act performed in doing sth. thereby carrying illocutionary force "what is said"

2. Classes of speech acts

2.1. Declarations

2.1.1. change the world by the utterance

2.2. Representatives

2.2.1. words that emphasize speaker´s opinion

2.3. Commissives

2.3.1. commit a speaker to some future action

2.4. Directives

2.4.1. to cause the hearer to take a particular action

2.5. Expressives

2.5.1. expresses on the speaker's attitudes and emotions towards the proposition

3. Kinds of speech acts

3.1. Direct speech act

3.1.1. "please close the window"

3.2. Indirect speech act

3.2.1. "I´m cold"