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Speech Styles and Speech Act

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  • You use this speech style if you want to get to know someone on a more personal level.
    Casual or Informal Style
  • What is an speech act?
    Are the speakers utterences which convey meaning and make listeners do specific things.
  • What is a frozen style in speech styles?
    The most formal communicative style that is often used in respectful situation or formal ceremony.
  • "I am hungry" (He/She wants someone to buy food for him) This is an example of?
    Illocutionary speech. The speakers intends someone to perform.
  • This speech style is used in conversations between friends, who have something to share and have shared background information.
    Casual or Informal style
  • "I advise you to stop smoking" said the doctor to a patient. Identify the speech act.
    Illocutionary act
  • Telling your boyfriend that you love him and or telling your bestfriend about your deepest and darkest secret is an example of what speech style?
    Intimate Style
  • Inspiring, insulting, scaring and convincing are examples of what speech act?
    Perlocutionary Act
  • An opinion, a promise and a request are examples of what speech act?
    Illocutionary act.
  • Give at least three examples of a Formal Style.
    Academic papers, Job interview, and a Company meeting
  • What are the three types of speech acts?
    The types of speech acts are locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary.
  • When a student is talking to his/her teacher or the student recites in class is an example of what speech style?
    Consultative Style
  • This box is heavy. Relate this statement to the three types of speech acts.
    (locutionary) literal that the box is heavy, (Illocutionary)he/she needs someone to lift the box, (Perlocutionary)either the listener would help him/her or not.
  • A passerby says to a motorist with a flat tire, "Let me help you with that." is an example of what act?
    Locutionary Act
  • This type of speech style is less appropriate for writing for this is unplanned speeches and it needs the listener's participation.
    Consultative Style
  • A type of speech act that has the same meaning to both speaker and the listener.
    Locutionary act.
  • In this type of speech style the speaker supplies background information on something his expert with and the listener participates continuously.
    Consultative Style
  • Type of Speech style that uses the complex grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary known only by experts.
    Frozen Style
  • Give an example situation of a frozen style in communication.
    Mass, Weeding Ceremony etc.
  • A father says to his child, "Why don't you spend less time watching TV?" This is an example of what speech act?
    Perlocutionary Act
  • Give an example of Illocutionary act.
    Answers may vary.
  • What is a locutionary speech act, give an specific example.
    Locutionary speech act is the literal meaning of the utterance. Example, I am hungry. He's stating he's real feelings..
  • "Why don't you like to sing?" Her bestfriend said. Identify the speech act.
    Perlocutionary Act
  • A child says to his playmate, "Yippee! Cookies!" What type of speech act is this?
    Locutionary Act
  • An act happens when what the speaker says has an effect to the listener.
    Perlocutionary