speech act theory

speech act theory

Speech act theory, proposed by. Austin and. Searle, is an important theory in the pragmatic study of language. It aims to answer the question"What do we do when using language?" Austin suggested a speaker might be performing three acts simultaneously when speaking: locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act.The speech act theory provided great philosophical insight into the nature of linguistic communication. (P115)
【解析】言语行为理论是语用学研究中的一个重要理论。它是英国哲学家约翰·奥斯汀提出来的,它从哲学意义上对语言交际的本质进行解释,其目的在于回答“用语言干什么”这个问题。他建立了一种模式来解释如何通过语言实施行为。根据这种新的模式,说话人说话时可以同时完成3种行为:言内行为、言外行为和言后行为。