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speech acts
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ishana
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your question is great and there are many web on that. one of that,hi everybody
how are you doing?
I just want to know what is meant by speech acts
thanks in advance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/speech_acts
I think, speech act is a scientific analyzing method of language and philosophy of language. is that correct?
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you welcome.I also learning about speech acts now and thanks you too.
I think I've learned what is meant by speech acts
speech acts are acts that are performed via utterances
for instance, the utterance I'm sorry
is performing the act of apologizing
i hope that you got it
and this site you recommended is really great
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/speech_acts
this theory of speech acts was invented by J. L. Austin
in his book( How to do things with words)
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