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Austins approach to language has come to be called
 
 

a. linguistic therapy.
  b. linguistic skepticism.
  c. propositional logic.
  d. speech act theory.



Question 2

According to Austin, if I say It is raining, a possible illocutionary act I performed could be
 
 

a. simply uttering the words It is raining.
   b. using those words to warn you to drive carefully.
  c. using those words to cause you to take your umbrella.
  d. the actual action of you picking up your umbrella.




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Answer to Question 1

d.

Answer to Question 2

b.



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