A Comparative Analysis of Searle's Speech Act Theory and Cohen’s Model: An Exploration of the Social Contexts in Which Explicit and Implicit Speech Acts Are Used

Authors

  • Zaha Zaib M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Dr. Syed Kazim Shah Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Mahmood Department of English, University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2023(4-III)114

Keywords:

Analysis, Implicit and Explicit Utterances, Social Contexts Utterances, Speech Acts

Abstract

This study aims to find out the explicit and implicit speech acts in Novel Peer-e-Kamil Chapter 1 by Umera Ahmad. Searle Speech Act model (1983) has been used to analyze the implicit and explicit utterances. The model includes declaratives, expressives, commissives, directives, representatives/ assertives through explicit (direct) or implicit (indirect) way. In this, model of verb structuring and noun structuring is also used by W. Cohen (2004). This is a qualitative research design as sample of 55 speech acts utterances from the novel are taken to investigate the explicitness or implicitness, collecting and analyzing data to see the insights more specifically and elaborates the results according to required perception for describing the facts. The findings revealed that in novel’s chapter 1, expressives and representatives are used more explicitly rather than declaratives, commissives and directives.

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): July to September

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2023-09-30

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Zaib, Z., Shah, S. K., & Mahmood, M. I. (2023). A Comparative Analysis of Searle’s Speech Act Theory and Cohen’s Model: An Exploration of the Social Contexts in Which Explicit and Implicit Speech Acts Are Used. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 4(3), 1223–1236. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2023(4-III)114

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): July to September

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