Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
NILA, SARI
Diana, Chitra Hasan
Temmy, Thamrin
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2023-05-24 03:59:02
Abstract :
This research aims to discuss one of the basic elements in pragmatic that is speech
act directive which focuses on types of directive speech act in Cinderella 2015
movie and context that influences the types of directive speech act in the movie.
This research classified and described the types and the context of directive
speech act in Cinderella 2015 movie. The data were collected from the utterances
of characters in Cinderella 2015 movie. This study uses qualitative method in
describing and explaining the results. The writer found four types of directive
speech act in this movie: (1) requesting, (2) suggesting, (3) commanding and (4)
asking. Then, there are four types of context that influence the types of directive
speech act. They are physical context, epistemic context, linguistic context, and
social context. The epistemic context is more dominant to influence the types of
directive act in this movie.
Keywords: speech act, Directive act, context