The purpose of this study is to analyze Barack Obama's usage speech acts in "A More Perfect Union”. method used research qualitative research. data were collected and analyzed by collecting classifying the utterances that are relevant Searle’s theory on act’s classification. Based findings, researchers discover three directives, four commisives, fifteen representatives, one declarative, five ex...

the current study was carried out to investigate the functions of the ritual speech act of ‘ya allah’ (literally meaning ‘o god’) employed by iranians in social interactions. to this end, sixty-two persian native speakers of different age groups, ranging from 35 to 85, of both genders were observed in 250 natural situations such as daily interactions, gatherings, public or private places and lo...

language and emotion are two related systems in use, in that one system (emotions) impacts the performance of the other (language). both of them share their functionality in communication. since the nature of foreign language classrooms is ideally interactional, emotional intelligence (ei) gains importance. the aim of this study was to find out whether one's total emotional quotient and its com...

This thesis introduces a new approach to designing a Message Handling Assistant (MA). It presents a model of an MA and an intention extraction function for text messages, such as emails and Newsgroups articles. Based on a speech act theory and the belief-desire-intention (BDI) theory of rational agency, we define a generic MA. By interpreting intuitive descriptions of the desired behaviours of ...

This paper discusses a small empirical study that investigates the relationship between electronic commerce and a linguistic theory called speech act theory (SAT). The study reveals that electronic data interchange messages and interapplication communication messages have the structurepredieted by SAT. This should encourage information systems (IS} researchers to continue investigating SAT, ISp...

among topics in the field of pragmatics, some seem to be in a more rigorous need of investigation. pragmatic assessment and specifically the issue of pragmatic rating are among issues which deserve more thorough consideration. the purpose of this study was to examine rater criteria and its consistency and variability in the assessment of iranian efl learners’ production of compliments based on ...

Quentin Skinner’s appropriation of speech act theory for intellectual history has been extremely influential. even as the model continues to be important for historians, however, philosophers now regard the original speech act theory paradigm as dated. are there more recent initiatives that might reignite theoretical work in this area? This article argues that the inferentialism of Robert brand...

This paper examines the encoding of speech acts in KQML at length and in ANSI X12 briefly. KQML is a speech-act-based language developed with ARPA funding, and X12 is the American standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) message formats. I conclude that although speech act theory is highly relevant to electronic communication, the needs of computers are different from those of humans. Com...

this study aims to examine how iranian efl learners perceive and apply mitigation devices in request speech act in 4 asymmetrical situations. role-play interactions and questionnaires were used to elicit the required data from iranian informants (male vs. female). the results obtained from the analysis of data revealed that in identical situations, male requestors were comparably more certain t...