Illocutionary Act Analysis in Main Characters of “Enola Holmes” Movie

Aeni, Nur (2022) Illocutionary Act Analysis in Main Characters of “Enola Holmes” Movie. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Ponorogo.

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Abstract

Speech act is branch of pragmatics that relates to the meaning from utterances. It has one
kind called illocutionary act. In illocutionary acts, acts performes by speakers says something with
appropriate intention and context. People can find illocutionary act in daily life or through
literature like movie. One of the movie that found illocutionary act is Enola Holmes. It tells about
Enola’s and Tewkesbury struggle in looking for identity without coercion from others. Because
the movie is include in category as classic and adventure movie, many language teaching that can
be learn.
The objective of this research is to classify the kind of illocutionary act and it context
which exists from the main character’s utterances. And the researcher only focused on two main
character’s in the movie, those are Enola Holmes and Marquez Tewkesbury.
This researcher applied a descriptive qualitative design. The data took from the movie
script and the dialogue from the main characters there were 145 utterances selected. The theories
used in this research for the speech act theory is from John R Searle, and the theory of context
from Halliday.
Finding of the research shows that all the kinds of illocutionary act are found, those are
Representative is 47 utterances or 32.43%, Declarative is 5 utterances or 3.44%, Commisive is 12
utterances or 8.28%, Directive 63 utterances or 43.44%, and Expressive 18 utterances or 12.41%.
As the conclusion the Directive act is the dominant kind of illocutionary act that found in main
characters utterances, and the minority act was Declarative act. This research also reveals the
function of the illocutionary act through the context. Field is about the topic from the utterances.
Tenor is about the relationship between speakers for example friends with friends, or children with
parents and so on. Mode is about form of language that describes activities, it kind be written or
spoken, formal or informal. Through this context analysis, the researcher wants the reader to also
know the meaning of the utterance in it entirety.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate (S1))
Thesis Supervisor: Ahmad Nadhif
Subjects: 13 EDUCATION > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Unmuh PPL 24
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2024 02:43
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2024 02:43
URI: http://etheses.iainponorogo.ac.id/id/eprint/30613

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