A speech act is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance, including the following:
•A general act (illocutionary act) that a speaker performs, analyzable as including
◦the uttering of words (utterance acts)
◦making reference and predicating (propositional acts), and
◦a particular intention in making the utterance (illocutionary force)
•An act involved in the illocutionary act, including utterance acts and propositional acts
•The production of a particular effect in the addressee (perlocutionary act)
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