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1
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Locution

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Form of an utterance.

2
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Illocution

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An utterance’s function as a speech act.

3
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Performative verbs

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Verbs that express the Illocution of an utterance.

4
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Direct speech acts

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Utterances that contain a performative verb in the present tense, have a first person subject and, if needed, a second person representing the addressee.

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Indirect speech act

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Utterances that are not direct speech acts.

6
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Felicity conditions

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Conditions an utterance must satisfy in order to function well in a given context and situation as a question, request or order, which are different for each of these types of speech acts.

7
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Focus

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The informative part of a sentence.

8
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Information structure

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When there is a connection between the sentence structure and the informative structure.

9
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Topic

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The sentence element that presents known information.

10
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Social meaning

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The way in which language is used.

11
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Pragmatic appropriateness

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When to use what kind of language.

12
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Speech acts

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Utterances uttered by speakers.