Speech Acts and Functions in Language

Spatial Deixis involves the specification of locations relative to points of ______ in the speech event.

Temporal Deixis refers to an event of an utterance, which takes place any time relative to the ______ time.

Personal Deixis concerns itself with the ______ persons involved in an utterance.

Hyponymy is the semantic relation described in English by the phrase ______, type, and sort of.

In the hierarchy of elements, terms are arranged based on their level of ______ and broadness.

Proximal deictic expressions refer to things that are ______ the speaker.

Commissive utterances are speech acts that commit a speaker to a course of ______.

Phatic utterances include greetings, farewells, and polite formulas such as “Thank you,” “You’re welcome,” “Excuse ______”.

The ______ act of saying something refers to the act of expressing the basic, literal meanings of the words chosen.

The ______ act refers to the act that the speaker performs in saying something.

The ______ act refers to the act of producing an effect in the hearer by means of the utterance.

The underlying meaning or purpose that a speaker intends to express or convey through their use of language is referred to as the ______.

Assertive utterances are concerned with ______ in language.

Performative utterances bring about the ______ of affairs they name.

Verdictive utterances involve making a ______ or judgement about the acts of another.

Expressive utterances spring from the ______ actions of the speaker.

Directive utterances are ______ and cannot tell people to do something in the past.

The felicity conditions of speech acts depend on the ______ of situation.