The Analysis of the Interpersonal and Declaratory Acts of the Humorous Utterances In Bernard Shaw s Comedy You Never Can Tell A Pragmatic Study

It is believed that there are certain factors which affect the proficiency in understanding the message from the stand point of the receiver and the sender. These include the words used (including the text and the different meanings transmitted through it). The second factor is the unstated words in which it does not matter what you say but how you say it. Four parts constitute this paper. The first part briefly describes the types of Speech Acts according to the authors presenting them. These are followed by a discussion of the interpersonal and Declaratory Acts. Third, these special types are sought and analysed in Bernard Shaw s You Never Can Tell with special attention devoted to the influence of the type of speech Act on the humorous utterances.