Lecture on Speech Acts

A collection of vocabulary flashcards derived from a lecture on Speech Acts, covering various sentence types and their roles in communication.

Interrogative Sentences

Questions that end with a question mark (?) and are used to request information.

Imperative Sentences

Sentences that issue commands or requests and often start with action verbs.

Declarative Sentences

Sentences that convey information and can be either factual statements or value judgments.

Factual Statements

Descriptive statements about the way the world is, which can be true or false.

Value Judgements

Statements that express how things ought to be, including moral and non-moral judgments.

Components of an Interrogative Sentence

Includes words like What, When, Who, How, and starts with the verb 'to be' or do-verbs.

Types of Imperatives

Includes commands, instructions, directives, and pleas.

Value Cognitations

Terminologies that convey qualitative assessments such as good, bad, right, and wrong.

Moral Value Judgments

Judgments that involve moral suitability or commands, such as 'Do not kill'.

Exclamative Sentences

Sentences expressing strong emotions that typically end with an exclamation mark (!).

Sentence Fragments

Incomplete sentences that lack a subject or verb, often used in informal contexts.