Participant Roles
The book is in the local library.
Theme
Does the utterance ‘I warn you not to come any closer’ describe an act of warning by the speaker?
Yes
Which are the types of illocutionary act?
Directive act
Indirect act
Commisive act
Identify the deictic expressions in ‘Now we have to make plans for tomorrow’
Now we and tomorrow.
Which maxim is involved in the implicature:
Tom: I thought you weren’t coming / Jane: I could not not be here.
Maxim of clarity.
Jane’s husband saw the smoke from afar.
Experiencer
Is ‘I give you food everyday’ a performative or a constative utterance?
A constative.
A child to his mom: “ I'm feeling like eating a pizza” which is the indirect illocution in the utterance?
The child is asking to his mom a pizza.
Is ‘today’ deictic?
Yes, today is the day in which I am saying today.
Which maxim is involved in the implicature:
Tom: How was yesterday’s party? / Jane: Yes
Maxim of relevance
The article was written by Camilo.
Agent
Is ‘I admit I took the money from the cash register’ a performative or a constative utterance?
A performative.
From the utterance "Can you hand me the butter?” the illocution “S asks H if H has the ability to give S the butter.” is direct or indirect?
Direct
Name 3 parts of speech that can function as deictics.
Noun phrases, personal pronouns, spatial/local/temporal words, definite determiners, possessives, prepositions.
Which maxim is involved in the implicature:
Jane: Do you like my sweater? / Tom: The color is nice
Maxim of informativeness.
The bullet killed the rabbit instantaneously.
Instrument
Is ‘I think I was correct’ a performative or constative utterance?
What is the difference between direct and indirect illocution?
The direct illocution is directly associated with the literal meaning of the sentence type of the utterance. Indirect illocutions are those acts that are invoked according to the context in which the utterance is made by means of the act's felicity conditions.
Is it correct to use ‘the’ once something is established in the context of the conversation?
No, you should use ‘a’ once something is established in the context of the conversation
Consider the conversation, What is Jane implying?
Tom: Do you love me? / Jane: You are a very good friend.
She is implying that she does not love him.
Ana found the puppy.
Patient
What type of utterance is "I promise to pay you back tomorrow"?
Performative utterance
From the utterance "The car is dirty.” the illocution “S asks H to wash the car, or warns H or complains to H about the car.” is direct or indirect?
Indirect
Fer asked you ‘Why won’t you come to help tomorrow?’. Report the sentence.
Fer asked me why I wouldn’t go to help the day after/the next day.
Which maxim is involved in the implicature:
Tom: I got robbed. / Jane: There is a police station around the corner.
Maxim of relevance.