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#3 Speech Acts: Constatives and Performatives

What would you think if I told you that words themselves are actions? Probably you would say that words are units of languages which mean something and can be spoken or written. Also, you would think that a group of them could have a particular meaning when used together and you would be right. But there is something else behind words, let me tell you that, according to the linguist J.L Austin , words are divided into two categories: " Constatives " and " Performatives ". First of all, let us try to understand what a speech act is. When someone says something, this person is considered it as an action. For example, " I forgive you " means to stop feeling angry with the other person, or when you say " I love you for ever ", it means promising. These actions include all of these functions: ordering, apologizing, warning, sentencing, among others. Words not only bring about actions, sometimes words themselves are actions. Are you one of those

#2 Advice on Academic Writing

Do you need some advice on Academic Essay-Writing? In this presentation, you will find a lot of material and resources to write in a sophisticated way. Learning academic writing from GalvanFlor

#1 Welcome, everyone!

"Behind the words" is a blog created to inspire, motivate and encourage. My name is Florencia and this year I am attending to Language and Writing Expression IV. During the coming months, I will be working on how to improve and develop my writing skills. By the end of the year, I wish I will have shared my best writing tips with you! I can´t wait to share all my written productions, reflections, among others. Hope they will be useful tools for helping students or writing lovers.