Utilization Of The Direct And Indirect Speech Act Of Assertion By The Sentence Types

Abstract

   Tackling any text, e.g. political one, without pragmatic theory constitutes a real problem in the communicative act. the need to shed light on distinctive rules concerning the speech act of assertion is crucial. So this study is concerned with how to establish a model of expressing the speech act of assertion, whether direct or indirect, by using the sentence types of declarative, interrogative, or imperative sentences. Since this utilization highly overlaps with other speech acts as command, obligation, permission, ability, etc. Therefore, this research attempts to answer the following questions:

1- Can this study formulate a model for analysing the speech act of assertion, and on which bases it can be established?

2- How to formulate Felicity conditions for the speech act of assertion?

3- Whether speech act of assertion can be successfully applied to political  speeches?

4- Which sentence type can typically express the direct speech act of assertion?

5- Could other sentence types indicate the speech act of assertion?