@thesis{thesis, author={EKO HARIYANTO NIM. 372016040}, title ={An Analysis of Expressive Speech Acts used by Po as the main character in Kungfu Panda 3 movie}, year={2020}, url={http://repository.um-palembang.ac.id/id/eprint/11864/}, abstract={This research aimed to describe expressive speech acts in the movie by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, titled Kungfu Panda 3. It focused on the analysis of expressive speech acts that occurred by the main characters. The formulation of the problem was what are expressive speech acts found in ?Kungfu Panda 3? movie. The objectives of the study were to find, describe and explain all of the expressive speech acts in the Kungfu Panda 3 movie. The research used descriptive qualitative research. For collecting the data, it was obtained by using the documentation method. The researcher used the dialogue transcript of Kungfu Panda 3 movie to support the primary data. In the analysis the data, the result showed that types of the expressive speech act in ?Kungfu Panda 3? movie, there were wishing, thanking, congratulating, apologizing, condoling, greeting, lamentation, attitude, agreement and exclamation. This research can be useful for a future researcher who is interested in learning more about expressive speech acts.} }