This paper reviews how Austin’s illocutionary act theory is used in face-to-face communication and online communication. In the aspect of interaction, this places attention on use polite language interaction ESL (English as a second language) classrooms. terms explored Facebook memes, emoticons, emojis stickers. After reviewing several research, concluded that when talking face-to-face, level f...

The contrast between imperatives and promissives brings out the issue well. These two types are functionally very similar: An imperative places a requirement on the addressee, while a promissive places a requirement on the speaker. Yet imperatives are apparently universal (and at least extremely common), while promissives are extremely rare. It does not seem easy to give a functional explanatio...