- Your teacher says, "For class tomorrow, please read pages twenty-one through forty-seven."
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER
- While talking to a group of friends, you mention that you recently went to hear your favorite band play at a local club.
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER
- You and a friend are talking about a television show that you both watched the night before. You say, "what did you think about Luke's reaction to Laura's news?"
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER
- When you discover that the grade you got on your math exam is a "B", you let out a sigh of relief.
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER
- For the last hour have been riding along with your parents as they look at houses that they might want to buy, and they have not said much to you recently. As the car passes through a neighborhood with a house that has a "For Sale" sign out front, you exclaim, "Oh! There's a nice house."
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER
- While sitting on a dock that sticks out into the ocean, you see a dolphin. It surfaces nearby and makes a series of high-pitched sounds: "Chweee, chweee, chweee."
Utterance
Propositional
Illocutionary
Perlocutionary
ANSWER