Snekos akto dalyviy strategija, socialiniai vaidmenys ir tipai lietuviy kalboje
Strategies, social roles and types of speech act participants in Lithuanian

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the theory of speech act participants. It is based mainly on Austin’s theory of performatives and on Grice’s maxims of communication. The theoretical claims are illustrated mainly with Lithuanian examples of performative speech act types. Three aspects of the study of speech act participants are singled out: (a) communicative strategies, (b) social roles and (c) types of speaker’s and hearer’s roles as defined with respect to illocutionary acts. Both participants may choose either a constructive or a destructive communicative strategy. Performatives reduce to a minimum the possibility of selecting a destructive strategy but do not eliminate it altogether. A correct assessment of the speaker’s and the hearer’s social roles determines the way in which the speaker makes explicit his illocutionary intention and the way in which the hearer interprets it. Types of speakers and hearers (addressees) are defined not only with respect to illocutionary force, but also with respect to the circumstances of the speech act and the way in which it is performed (institutional or in everyday life, orally or in writing etc.).

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