THE SOCIAL AND PRAGMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPEECH ACTS
Keywords:
speech act theory, academic discourse, pragmatics, performativity, illocutionary force, communicative strategy, socialization, educationAbstract
This paper explores the role of speech act theory in academic discourse from a linguistic-pragmatic and sociocognitive perspective. It highlights how academic speech acts not only serve to transmit information but also reflect social hierarchies and communicative intentions. The research emphasizes the performative and illocutionary functions of utterances in scholarly interactions and discusses how speech acts contribute to the shaping of communicative strategies, argumentation, and audience engagement. Furthermore, the application of speech act theory in educational contexts reveals its relevance in understanding the socialization of children through language and its potential in reducing impersonal bureaucratic communication practices in early education institutions.
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