Halyna D. Malyk Speech Acts and Events

Institutional Acts

Effevtives	bequeathe, bid, exempting, resign, veto,
Verdictives	find, rule, certify, appraise, assess, grade, rank, estimate

Admit into a position/institution - hire, appoint, nominate, elect, promote, naturalize, ordain; remove – fire, suspend, demote, expel, ban;

Enlist, apply, join, accept membership, resign, abdicate, retire, take a leave of absence;

Install, inaugurate, graduate, confirm, administer or take an oath of office;

Arrest, indict, convict, acquit, sentence, pardon, parole, reprieve;

Certify as to competence in a field, social pedigree, or sanity;

Disqualify, blacklist, censure, clear;

Ownership – buy, sell, borrow, lent, trade, donate, confer, award, bequethe, bid for, put up for sale, accept, reject;

Property – appropriate, expropriate, repossess, surrender, deed;

Items – consign,

Adopt

Confer, dedicate, consecrate, enshrine;

Canonize, memorialized, induct, knight
Permit, prohibit, require, abolish,

Sanction, license, exempt, legalize, ban

Authorize, enjoin, assign, delegate, commission, command, countermand, excuse,

Adopt, decree, repeal, revoke, abolish, rescind,

Declare, proclaim, declare over,

Motions – introduce, second, vote on, veto;

Points – raise, object to, rule on, adjudicate, overrule,

Recognize,

Meetings – call to order, recess, adjourn,

Name, abbreviate, code, classify, label, baptize, christen, dub.