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The document discusses Speech Act Theory, which examines how utterances perform actions such as requesting, commanding, or promising. It outlines the origins of the theory, introduced by John L. Austin and later developed by John Searle, and distinguishes between locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. Additionally, it addresses felicity conditions necessary for successful speech acts and classifies speech acts into categories such as representatives, declarations, and expressives.

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