The Types of Illocutionary Act Found in The Pirate Fairy Movie

Abstract

The aim of this study are to find out the types of illocutionary acts and the context of the situation in the Pirate Fairy movie. This study used theory of Searle (1979) to find out the types of illocutionary acts and the theory by Halliday and Hasan (1985) to analyze the contextual situation. In analyzing the data the researcher used descriptive qualitative method. This study used formal and informal method to present the finding of the data. The result found representative 54 (26,5%), expressive 51 (25%), commissive 11 (5,4%). Directive is the most type of illocutionary act found in this movie there are 87 (42,6%) because mostly the characters who is the speaker in the conversation of the movie wants the hearer to do something. Then declaractive was type of illocutionary act rarely used in this movie 1 (0,5%). This study concluded that the characters in the movie mostly used directive rather than declaratives.