Abstract:

Language used to be meaningful with the user can perform many functions at the same time. Because of this characteristic of language, different kinds of actions can be performed, such as making requests, making promises, giving orders, giving resentment, describing a regret, respecting and condolences. This function first attracted the attention of philosophers such as Wittgenstein and philosophers. These names come from John Langshaw Austin and John Rogers Searle, who are well known with Speech-Act Theory. Austin and Searle divide the Speech-Acts into sub-categories according to their goals and uses. Austin categorizes speech-acts as locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. Illocutionary act is categorized in five sub-categories: verdictives, exercitives, commossives, behabitives, expositives. This study is based on Austin's theory, which mentions the actual power of the word and makes it equivalent to doing it and we tried to explain the speech act classes with the representative examples selected from Dede Korkut text which are accepted from Old Anatolian Turkish. According to this, transferring, deciding, giving orders, qualifying, giving advice, asking, asking, preferring, naming, praying / curseing, declaring, promising, challenging, dissatisfaction, greeting, repetition, reminder etc. speech act samples are found in different categories.