Halyna D. Malyk Speech Acts and Events

In a shop there may see a sign that reads “Thank you for not smoking”. Is it a an expressive? Why? Why not? What is the propositional content condition on thanking?

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   You have an appointment with Professor N at 4 at his request. You come and his secretary says that he has just called saying that he will come only at 5. You say, “I’m sorry but I can’t come back later this afternoon.”
   

1. 
   Is the utterance an apology? Why? Why not?
   
2. 
   What felicity conditions on apologizing does it violate?
   

7. 
   On a TV show “Little House on the Prairie” one of the characters says, “Family discipline is based on promises kept – whether punishment or reward” treating two different types of illocutionary acts as promises.
   

1. 
   What are the two real illocutionary acts?
   
2. 
   What general category of illocutionary acts do they belong to?
   
3. 
   How do the two illocutionary acts differ in terms of their felicity conditions?
   

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