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AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT OF PRAISINGONTHETVPROGRAM AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
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Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Alaitiya, Alaitiya
Yusrita, Yanti
Nova, Rina
Subject
PR English literature 
Datestamp
2023-08-01 07:32:37 
Abstract :
The study aims at describing the speech act of praising on the TVprogramAmerica?s Got Talent with an approach of pragmatic perspective. Here, the writer analyzed the use of speech acts delivered by the Juries in the formof direct speechact of praising, indirect speech act of praising, communication strategy that focuson the positive politeness, the way how the Juries exppressed the praising words. Some theories used in this analysis, they are the concepts stated by Searle (1976), Brown & Lavinson (1987), and Crabtree (1991). The method used in this studyare direct and indirect speech acts in terms of using study are direct and indirect speech acts in terms of using positive politeness. From the analysis, the Juriestend to express the speech act of praising in terms of direct speech act informliteral words and the communication strategy focus on the positive politenessexpress by Juries tend in terms of exaggerate. Keywords: speech act of praising, direct, indirect, positive politeness strategies, contex 
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