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Reference: Mann, Steven T. "'You're fired': an application of speech act theory to 2 Samuel 15.23-16.14." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, vol. 33.3 (2009): 315-334.
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Assertives to tell people how things are. Directives to try to get people to do things. Commissives to commit the speaker to doing things. Expressives to express feelings and attitudes. Declarations to bring about changes to the world through the utterance itself
Primary Variables
Each type of speech act as consisting of three primary variables that combine with the propositional content of the act : The illocutionary point the purpose of the act. The direction of fit a speech act as either an attempt to get the words to match the world (word-to-world) or the world to match the words (world-to-word). 3. The sincerity condition the psychological state of the person making the utterance.
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