Editing Speech Act Theory (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ The Three Levels of the Act
! Level !! Name !! Meaning !! Example
|-
| 1 || Locutionary || The 'Sound' || "Can you open the door?"
|-
| 2 || Illocutionary || The 'Action' || A Request for help
|-
| 3 || Perlocutionary || The 'Effect' || The door gets opened (or the listener gets annoyed)
|-
| Analogy || The 'Bullet' || The 'Shot' || The 'Target being hit'
|}

'''The Concept of "Conversational Implicature" (Grice)''': Analyzing "The Unsaid." When someone says "You look... different today," they are "Implying" something they didn't "Say." We follow "Maxims" (rules) of conversation. If someone "Breaks a rule" (e.g. being too brief), we "Search for the hidden meaning."
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