Acts like stating, describing, or predicting that something is the case.
Alston explains the performance of these acts through the concept of "taking responsibility" ( Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meaning
Acts that commit the speaker to future action, like promising or vowing. Acts like stating, describing, or predicting that something
Alston’s central thesis is that for a sentence to have a particular meaning is for it to be to perform illocutionary acts of a matching type. Key Components of a Speech Act Meaning is
'ing). When a speaker utters a sentence, they take responsibility for certain conditions being true (e.g., in a request to open a window, the speaker is responsible for the condition that the window is actually closed). Taxonomy of Speech Acts
Acts that bring about a change in status or state simply by being uttered, such as marrying a couple or adjourning a meeting. Key Components of a Speech Act
Meaning is determined by a sentence's potential to play the role a speaker intended.