Henry's voices: speech acts
| Who speaks? | Commands | How often? | Other speech acts | How often? | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plants | To go somewhere, take clothes off, not do something | 14 | Praise, encouragement, general statement | 6 | 20 |
| People Henry knows in real life | To go somewhere, not do something | 3 | Request for information, consolation | 2 | 5 |
| Disembodied/unattributed voices | To go somewhere, not do something, take clothes off | 4 | 4 | ||
| Inanimate things | To go somewhere, not to go somewhere | 3 | 3 | ||
| Animals | To go somewhere | 3 | Encouragement | 1 | 4 |
| Henry's own voice | Insult, general statement | 2 | 2 | ||
| Supernatural beings | Criticism | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 13 | 39* |
*In the reports of ten utterances attributable to Henry's auditory verbal hallucinations, the speech act value is not indicated or inferrable (see section on Linguistic Reporting of Henry's Voices).