Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Mega, Ratna Sari
Temmy, Thamrin
Nova, Rina
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2020-09-03 02:16:51
Abstract :
In this study, the writer analyzes about directive speech act. The object of this
research is the directive speech act in the Hotel Transylvania movie. The type of
this research is descriptive qualitative research. The data source of directive
speech act in the Hotel Transylvania movie manuscript. The data were utterances
in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentence spoken by the characters in
the movie. In gathering data, the writer uses documentation methods.This
research implements some theories. To describe the type of directive speech act,
the researcher uses the theory of Searle (1976). To find out the types of context
that influence of directive speech act, the researcher uses the theory of Crabtree
(1991). The results show that the characters of the movie uses directive speech act
such as requesting, suggesting, commanding, asking. From the findings, the most
dominant directive speech act in this movie is directive speech act of
commanding. The least frequently used directive speech act is suggesting. The
context that influence in this research are physical context, epistemic context,
sosial context, and linguistic context. The most dominant context in this research
is epistemic context and the least frequently used context is linguistic context.
This study is expected to give some useful insights in understanding about
directive speech act.
Keyword: Speech act, directive speech act, Hotel Transylvania