Open AccessAN ANALYSIS ILLUCOTIONARY ACT IN "OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFULL" MOVIE
Author(s) -
Mustofia Mustofia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british: jurnal bahasa dan sastra inggris/british
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-337X
pISSN - 2252-9934
DOI - 10.31314/british.10.1.46-64.2021
Subject(s) - directive , character (mathematics) , speech act , linguistics , computer science , psychology , communication , programming language , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
Abstrak The purpose of this research is to describe the functions of illocutionary act in “Oz The Great and Powerful” movie. This research is qualitative descriptive. The data for this research are taken from the utterances of main character. To collect the data, the researcher used observation method and non-participatory technique. To analyze the data, the researcher uses pragmatic identity method. The method of presenting the data, researcher uses informal method. From the data, the researcher found 55 utterances of illocutionary act. The researcher classifies then into five; assertive, directive, expressive, commissive and declarative. From 55 utterances of illocutionary act, the most frequent illocutionary act encountered by researcher is the directive because the main character of “Oz The Great and Powerful Movie” expresses many of his words directly, such as ordering, commanding, requesting, warning. The speech act that appears most frequently is directive illocutionary