University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
COMS 150 | Introduction to Communication Studies
Academic year:

2024
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1
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lalalovex0stz

There are three factors in a verbal communication: Locution. Illocution, and Perlocution. • The three components of a communication, from a pragmatic point of view, are: o Locution--the semantic or literal significance of the utterance; o Illocution--the intention of the speaker; and o Perlocution--how it was received by the listener. • Here is a fictitious example (although a very similar one in Washington recently resulted in the firing of a very high government official). Take the word ‹howlee.Š • The American Dictionary of Fictitious words defines this word as, "Early missionary slang meaning--one who howls a lot." That is the locutionary significance. • To a local inhabitant of Hawaii, the word "howlee" historically has the meaning of an outsider. The word usually connotes considerable contempt. • To tourists in Hawaii, the word "howlee" signifies an aura of honorary Hawaiian status. These, then, are the three perlocutionary possibilities.