Anik Suprihatin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Linguistics
Hello my names anik , I'm from Indonesia. I would like to ask about speech act , I can't identification " How are you " it's include speech act or no ?
I hope your suggestion, Thanks : )
I hope your suggestion, Thanks : )
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Hello Anik, Welcome to English Forums. " that is an act of speaking.
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Hello Anik,
Welcome to English Forums.
If someone says "How are you?" that is an act of speaking.
Welcome to English Forums.
If someone says "How are you?" that is an act of speaking.
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It can be difficult to say what is a speech act and what is not. However, most would say that a formal greeting: "How are you?" is a speech act
I am not asking only because I need to know if you are well or not. It is an act of greeting and, formally, it shows that I respect you and care about your health
So, yes, I would say it is a speech act. It does more than j
It can be difficult to say what is a speech act and what is not. However, most would say that a formal greeting: "How are you?" is a speech act
I am not asking only because I need to know if you are well or not. It is an act of greeting and, formally, it shows that I respect you and care about your health
So, yes, I would say it is a speech act. It does more than j
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Anik SuprihatinI can't identify " How are you?" as a speech act.Anything you say is a speech act of one kind or another. When you say "How are you?" (or anything else) you are uttering words (performing utterance acts), you are referring and predicating (performing propositiona
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