The following seminar paper deals with John L. Austin’s “How to Do Things with
Words” and the established speech act theory in it. First, since Austin is the
originator of the three-part division ‘locution, illocution, and perlocution’, his life
and lectures will be shortly reflected. Because of the fact that the introduced
perlocution is based on the illocution and locution, I will start analyzing the latter in
order to maintain this stream of logic. Furthermore, problems this approach brings
along will be explained and several everyday-life examples will support the
arguments. In conclusion, the influence of Austin’s speech act theory will be
evaluated.
Table of Contents
1. Way of Proceeding
2. John L. Austin and His Lectures in “How to Do Things with Words”
3. Locution
4. Illocution
5. Perlocution
6. Resulting Assumptions
6.1 Speech Acts in General
6.2 Complexity of Speech Acts
7. Conclusion
Works Cited
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