Halyna D. Malyk Speech Acts and Events

Representatives

1. 
   Examine the representatives that writers produce in making claims in different types of texts.
   

2. 
   When people do not want to be responsible for the truth of their claims, what range of hedges can they use?
   

3. 
   List as many “uncertainty markers” as you can.
   

4. 
   List as many “certainty markers” as you can.
   

• Declarations

1. 
   In what circumstances would the utterances “You’re fired”, “Out”, “You’re on” be declaratives?
   

• Expressives

1. 
   List five examples of expressives that show
   
   1. 
      joy
      
   2. 
      sorrow
      
   3. 
      disapproval
      

and arrange them along your own strength continuum.

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  Speech Events
  

1. 
   Make a list of situations that require a complaint speech event.
   

2. 
   Give examples of complaint acts
   
   1. 
      when the complaint is anonymous;
      
   2. 
      when it is lodged to persons not responsible;
      
   3. 
      when it is addressed to the people at fault.
      

3.