What are the 5 types of speech acts?

What are the 5 types of speech acts? Speech acts can be classified into five categories as Searle in Levinson (1983: 240) states that the classifications are representatives, directives, commissives, expressive, and declarations. What are the different types of speech acts? Types of Speech Acts Representatives: assertions, statements, claims, hypotheses, descriptions, suggestions. Commissives: promises, oaths, … Continue reading What are the 5 types of speech acts?