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circumstances by those in certain institutional or social positions." Bach is of the
opinion that speech acts should be regarded as" a generic term for any sort oflanguage
usage," whether oral or otherwise.
KINDS OF SPEECH ACTS
There are three Icinds of speech acts: The locution, illocution and perlocution.
According to Combrink: (l982:xix) they can also be called locutionary, illocutionary
and perlocutionary acts, or
locutive, illocutive and perlocutive acts.
The locution
This is a sentence: "with a certain sense and reference". Johnson
http://wings.buffalo.edulphilosophy/FARBERljohnson.html. Bach cites Austin as
saying the locution is "the act of saying something." For example, a bartender may say
to clients that the bar will be closing at a certain time.
It can be referred to as the sound / meaning combination of an utterance Die
!dank / betekenis-kombinasie van 'n uiting. (Combrink: (1982: xix.)
The sense of every locution is: "attached through a linguistic convention, and
reference IS attached intentionally by the speaker" Johnson
http://wings.buffalo.edulphilosophyIFARBERljohnson.html
The iIIocution
The illocution is an utterance"with a certain conventional force" Johnson
http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophvIFARBERljohnson.htmlwhich
Combrink:
(l982:xix) calls:
"die seggingskrag van die uiting. "
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