Speech Acts

doing things with words
consequences, comittments, obligations
speech acts are institutions

vow
promise
verdict
agreement
baptism

request
command
demand
beg
suggest
advise

assert
doubt
inquire

compliment
congratulate
thank

word-to-world fit

locutionary
illocutionary
perlocutionary act
illocutionary force: the “point” of a speech act

speech acts constitute communities and enable them to regulate themselves

Speech Acts of the Hip-Hop Nation

toast
dis
represent
give props
others?