According to the speech act theory, an act of expressing the speaker's intention is defined as a(n) A: illocutionary act. B: locutionary act. C: perlocutionary act. D: contextual factor.

Of the three speech acts, linguists are most interested in the ( ) because this kind of speech act is identical with the speaker’s intention. A: locutionary act B: illocutionary act C: perlocutionary act D: constative act

According to Austin’s theory of speech act, ______ act is using a sentence to convey one’s intention. A: perlocutionary B: locutionary C: illocutionary D: indirect speech

According to Austin’s new model, a speaker might be performing one of the following three acts, namely, locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act.

Locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act