Review of Previous Studies
case, to the truth of the expressed proposition” Searle, 1976. Searle explains that to examine utterances which contain representatives, the utterances should be able
to be “literally” classified into “true or false” Searle, 1976. Representative direction is to fit words to the world. Verbs which are categorized into
representatives are: hypothesize, insist, boast, complain, conclude, deduce, and some of “Austin’s expositives and many of his verdictives” Searle, 1976. Yule
1996 adds statements of fact, assertions, and descriptions into representative acts p. 53. In addition, Cutting 2002 includes claiming and predicting in this type.
Cutting 2002 provides two examples of representative type: ‘The fact that girls have been outstripping boys academically has been acknowledged for the past 12
years or so.’ and ‘I came; I saw; I conquered’ p. 17. b.
Directives This type of speech act is “to get the hearer to do something” Searle, 1976.
Searle mentions several verbs which are included in directive acts. They are ask, order, command, request, beg, plead, pray, entreat, invite, permit, advise, dare, defy,
challenge and some of “Austin’s exercitives” Searle, 1976. The point of directives is the speaker tries to fit the world into words through the hearer. Two examples of
directive which are taken from Cutting 2002 are ‘Better remain silent and be
thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all possible doubt.’ and ‘Do not unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the
same.’ p. 17. c.
Commissives Searle 1976 states that commissives is the type of speech acts that is to
“commit the speaker to some future course action”. Several verbs which are in commissives class are listed by Cutting. The verbs are promise, offer, threaten,
refuse, vow, and volunteer Cutting, 2002. Yule 1996 adds pledge into commissive class p. 54. This type is the type of speech act in which the speaker
tries to fit the world into the words through the speaker himself or herself. An example of commissive class was taken from Cutting 2002: ‘I’ll make him an
offer he can’t refuse.’ p. 17 d.
Expressives This type of speech act is rather different from the other types. Searle 1976
states that this class of speech act is “to express the psychological state specified in the sincerity condition about a state of affairs specified in the propositional
content”. Verbs that include in this expressive class are thank, congratulate, apologize, condole, deplore, and welcome Searle, 1976. Cutting 2002 adds
praise and regret into the verb list of expressive class. An example of expressive act which was taken from Cutting 2002 is ‘If I’d known I was gonna live this long,
I’d have taken better care of myself.’ p. 17 e.
Declarations This type of speech
act has force to “change the world via their utterances” Yule, 1996, p. 53. It means, the speaker has the authority to make something
happen only by uttering utterances. Searle 1976 formulates short sentences rather than verbs to describe utterances that belong to declaration type. The sentences are
‘I resign’, ‘you’re fired’, and ‘war is hereby declared’ Searle, 1976. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI