alleryWho coined the term "speech act"?
ARoman Jakobson
BJ.L. Austin
CM.A.K. Halliday
DNoam Chomsky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. J.L. Austin
1. The term was coined by John L. Austin.
2. He used it in his book How to Do Things with Words, published after his death in 1962.
3. Jakobson, Halliday and Chomsky are linked with other ideas.
4. So the coiner of the term is Austin.
**Why not the others:** Jakobson gave six functions of communication, Halliday studied child language functions, and Chomsky proposed the LAD.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Speech act", section "Illocutionary acts" (revision 1377995517)_
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