According to John Austin's theory of speech act, a(n)（ ）act is the change brought about by the utterance.

Speech act theory was first proposed by（ ）

The illocutionary point of the（ ）is to commit the speaker to something’s being the case, to the truth of what has been said

The illocutionary point of _______ is to express the psychological state specified in the utterance.

 The illocutionary point of the （） is to commit the speaker to something's being the case, to the truth of what has been said.

According to John Austin’s speech act theory, a(n) （） act is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.

According to John Austin’s theory of speech act, a(n)（ ）act is the act of expressing the speaker’s intention.

According to John Searle, the illocutionary act of the utterance "I promise to come" belongs to（ ）.

Of the three speech acts a speaker might be performing simultaneously when speaking, linguists are most interested in the（ ）act because it is identical with the speaker’s intention. 

According to（）, speech acts fall into five general categories, which include representatives, directives, commissives, expressives and declaratives.

The study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication is commonly called（ ）.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following; statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. 

Among the views concerning the study of meaning, contextualism holds that meaning can be derived from or reduced to observable c in which language is used.

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.

As the process of communication is essentially a process of conveying meaning in a certain context，pragmatics can be regarded as a kind of meaning study.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

The c view in the discussion of semantics is often considered as the initial effort to study meaning in a pragmatic sense.

A（ ）analysis of an utterance reveals what the speaker intends to do with it. 

Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

The illocutionary point of representatives is to commit the speaker to something’s being the case to the truth of what has been said.

The illocutionary point of（ ）has the characteristic that the successful performance of an act of this kind brings about the correspondence between what is said and reality. 

The l act is the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses. It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.

Speech act theory was originated with the British philosopher（ ）in the late 50’s of the 20th century.

（  ）act theory is an important theory in the pragmatic study of language.