He proposes, albeit imprecisely (as the author himself says), a distinction between "families" of speech acts, classified according to their illocu...

He proposes, albeit imprecisely (as the author himself says), a distinction between "families" of speech acts, classified according to their illocutionary force, which are summarized as follows (Austin, 1990): Verdictives, Exercitives, Commissives, Behavioral, and Expository. What is the purpose of this distinction?


a) To classify speech acts according to their grammatical structure.
b) To differentiate between speech acts that are official or non-official.
c) To distinguish between speech acts according to their illocutionary force.
d) To identify the speaker's intention in a speech act.