According to the founder of Speech Act Theory, J. L. Austin and his successor J. Searle, speech acts are the building blocks of social interaction, i.e. speech acts are the basic units of human verbal communication.

• 言语行为理论的创始人奥斯汀和其继承者塞尔认为言语行为是建筑社会交往的基石,也就是说,言语行为是人类言语交际过程中的基本单位。