单选题 When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone else to do him a favor, he is performing
A. an illocutionary act. B. a perlocutionary act.
C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 语言学实例分析。
随着语言行为本身而产生的一些行为属于言外行为(an illocutionary act)，故选A。言外行为是由约翰·奥斯汀(John Langshaw Austin)提出的言语行为理论(speech act theory)的三种行为中的一种。