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.

According to Searle’s classification of illocutionary acts, “I swear I have never seen the man before” is among the most typical examples of the r.

All the speech acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same i point, but they differ in their strength or force.

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.

In Austin’s early speech act theory, c were statements that either state or describe, and were thus verifiable.

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.
According to J. Austin, a 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.

According to John Austin, p were sentences which did not state a fact or describe a state, and were not verifiable.

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.

All the speech acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same i point, but they differ in their strength or force.

According to John Austin, p were sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state and were not verifiable. 

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.

All the speech acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same i point.

（） can be produced when any of the four maxims under the cooperative principle is violated or flouted in our use of language and our language becomes indirect. 

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.

While conversation participants nearly always observe the Cooperative Principle, they do not always observe these maxims strictly.

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

The maxim of relation requires that what the speaker says should be relevant with the current topic of the exchange.

Speaker A: Can you answer the telephone?
Speaker B: I’m in the bath.
Speaker B is violating the maxim of（ ）

 According to Paul Grice, the Cooperative Principle is nearly always observed but the maxims are often violated. Most of these violations give rise to （ ）.

Directions: Explain the following term and give examples for illustration where appropriate. 

conversational implicature

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

conversational implicature 

While conversation participants nearly always observe the （）, they do not always observe these maxims strictly.

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

If one says what he believes to be false, he violates the maxim of quantity.

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

conversational implicature 

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

The maxim of relation requires that what the speaker says should be relevant with the current topic of the exchange.

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.

Speech act theory was proposed by the British philosopher John Austin in the late 1950s.