Relation between speech and intonation and speech acts: With reference to English and Urdu languages from the Hearer‘s perspective
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2012
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University Of Management and Technology
Abstract
Languages occupy the most important place in our life. A lot of linguists, philosophers,
and psychologists have studied and analyzed speech acts; in languages words do not just
stand as words but perform various actions. Most of the researchers have analyzed speech
acts, but with reference to the speakers‘ intention. The present study intends to analyze
the factors which are instrumental in the successful realization of speech acts. The
research highlights the inevitability of intonation and syntax in the proper realization of
speech acts. The researcher has observed that a lot of emphasis is laid by the teachers on
the learning of syntax of a language as most of them think that it is the proper syntax that
is instrumental in the successful realization of a direct speech act. Some linguists have
discussed speech acts with reference to intonation, and some of them have discussed with
reference to syntax, still most of them opine that the phonetic factor is responsible for
illocutionary force that determines the speech act. The present study has discussed
various factors which are responsible for the successful realization of speech acts both in
English and Urdu languages. Furthermore, the study has taken into account the aspects of
indirect speech and the reasons which are helpful for an indirect speech act to be realized accurately.
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Pitch of Voice, Discourse Analysis, Tone Languages, Speech Act