Speech Acts
Scope Note:
Minimal units of meaningful communication (from single words to sentences) that are conceptualized and produced in terms of particular functions (i.e., to question, command, warn, request, inform, explain, convince, compliment, apologize, promise, etc.)
Category: Language and Speech
Broader Terms SpeechNarrower Terms N/AUse this term instead of Illocutionary Acts | Related Terms Dialogs (Language)Discourse Analysis Language Patterns Mutual Intelligibility Pragmatics |
Added to ERIC: 3/4/1983