1474: Followup to Types of Utterances Dec 25, 2018


In the most recent video, all of the examples of speech were either in the second person, or said as imperatives, but not all examples needed to be. For instance, some of the examples for declaratives were ‘you’re fired’ and ‘welcome inside’, but there are plenty of ways to use declarations without an interlocutor, such as ‘I christen this ship X’ or even just ‘WARNING’. These speech acts apply to any type of speech.
Catch up on the video here: https://youtu.be/97RX-SwGq5U

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