Abstract
Language is a means of communication through which human beings can achieve certain goals by sending and receiving messages. Chomsky (1986: 15) defines language as “a set of very specific universal principles which are intrinsic properties of the human mind and part of our species‟ genetic endowment”. Many of the communicative acts people attempt to produce and comprehend are speech acts such as requesting, apologizing, warning, thanking, greeting, advising and criticizing.