Steps of Creating Pragmatics Speech Acts analysis on Youtube short video

 


The steps:

1. Find funny video like this on youtube short: https://youtube.com/shorts/w-sf5igsmp8?si=EBWdK15WqTndPxVh

2. Find directly the transcript of Youtube video using this: https://youtubetranscript.com/

3. If  you failed  to find the transcript you may may manually Download Youtube video into MP3 file using https://youconvert.org/ and then convert the MP3 into text using https://www.zamzar.com/tools/mp3-to-text/


4. The result is like this one:

Title: Indian People Don't Do Crazy Crimes

You will never see an Indian person committing a crazy crime.

Like, when was the last time you heard of Indians robbing a bank?

First of all, Indian people are so nice and they're so sweet.

Eh, I can't see it. You know, you're gonna rob a bank.

You need authority. You need to come in their guns blazing.

I'll say it. Get your ass on the ground.

Now, I can't imagine.

Would you please take the money?

Why are you laughing?

I am talking to you.

Forget this. I'm out of here. I don't need this.

He gets in the car.

His partner's waiting for him.

Did you get the money?

They would not give me the money.

Did you show them the gun?

I showed them the gun!

We better leave. They want to call the police.

They're still laughing.

Where did you get the computer?

They thought I was tech support.


5. Then, categorize this content into searle illocutionary acts of directive, representative, verdictive/declarative, commisive and expressive:

Searle’s Illocutionary Acts consist of five primary types:

Directives – Attempts by the speaker to get the hearer to do something (e.g., requests, commands).

Representatives – Statements representing the speaker's beliefs (e.g., assertions, descriptions).

Commissives – Commit the speaker to future action (e.g., promises, threats).

Expressives – Express the speaker's psychological state or attitude.

Declaratives/Verdictives – Statements that change the world via their utterance (e.g., pronouncing someone guilty, resigning, declaring something open/closed).


6. The analysis:

1. Representatives (assertions, descriptions of belief):

- "You will never see an Indian person committing a crazy crime."

- "Like, when was the last time you heard of Indians robbing a bank?"

- "First of all, Indian people are so nice and they're so sweet."

- "I can’t see it."

- "They would not give me the money."

- "They thought I was tech support."

These are descriptive statements representing the speaker's beliefs or observations (even if exaggerated for comedic effect).

2. Directives (commands, requests):

- "Get your ass on the ground." – A mock command imitating a bank robber.

- "Would you please take the money?" – A sarcastic or humorous polite request.

- "Forget this." – An implicit self-directive or imperative.

- "I am talking to you." – Implied demand for attention.

3. Expressives (psychological states or attitudes):

- "Why are you laughing?"** – Shows confusion or frustration.

- "I don't need this." – Expresses annoyance or exasperation.

- "Eh, I can't see it." – Implicit disbelief or inability to imagine, also reflective.

 4. Commissives (commitments to future actions):

- "I'm out of here." – Expresses intent to leave, committing to an action.

5. Declaratives / Verdictives (change the state of affairs, judgment-like):

- There are no strong declaratives or verdictives in the traditional sense (like “I now pronounce…”), but one could stretch:

  - "We better leave." – Could be interpreted as a strategic decision (borderline commissive).

  - Still, this category isn’t strongly represented in this bit.

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Mid Semester Assignment of Morpho-Syntax 2024/2025

 


Assalamu alaikum wr.wb

Dear Students,

For Mid semester test, Please make maximum five minutes short video which shows your image using camera and PPT presentation with the topic "examples of morphemic cutting analysis". you may see the example of the video presentation on this or this one: https://youtu.be/TlEG6Mxnd60

Find three words along with 3-5 morphemes and analyze each of this by elaborating: The number of morpemes, the root word, the parts of speech of every morphemes and the meaning of each morphemes.

the deadline of the submission  April 28th, 2025.

Submit the assignment to this submission form: https://forms.gle/rdR9bfb2zrFA6uT28