| dc.description.abstract | Language is used by people as a means of communication. By using language
people can perform something. In other words, people can do something with words
such as promising, declaring, assuring, complaining, and so fort. In this case, speech
act is the study which deals with how to do things with words. Austin (1962) is the
first person who introduces speech act and the three levels of act of utterances. First,
it is locutionary act (an act of saying something) which merely delivers the literal
meaning of utterances. Second, it is illocutionary act (an act in saying something)
which sets a function to perform the intended meaning in utterances. Third, it is
perlocutionary act (a certain effect of utterances may have on the hearer) which is the
effect of illocutionary act.
Speech act can be found in the daily life conversation. As the example of
conversation, movie script is a good example of conversation which can be taken as
the object of the study. This study takes illocutionary act analysis of the main
character (Shane) of The Pacifier movie script because of his strong character and
utterances which can bring changes or influences to the addressee. Illocutionary act is
interesting to analyse in order to understand the function of utterances and the
intended meaning of utterances. It includes context of situation in analysing
illocutionary act because context of situation can bring some information to
understand the intended meaning of utterance.
The analysis of this thesis is based on the application of Searle’s (1969) five
classifications of speech act theory (representative, directive, commissive, expressive, and declaration), although there are several linguists’ theories of speech act which
give additional information in the theoretical framework. In the discussion, the
analysis is given in each scene which contains illocutionary act. The description of
context of situation is also given in order to give understanding of what the
utterances’ intended meaning. The Shane’s illocutionary acts analysis shows how
Shane interacts and adjusts with the kids’ attitudes since he is a navy, yet on the other
hand, he is also a supervisor of the kids. By using illocutionary acts, Shane tries to
convey what is on his mind, what he wants, and what he expects from the kids. By
producing directive utterances frequently, he tries to interact and also manage the
kids’ bad attitude. In sum, Shane tries to say what he wants from the kids. Shane
wants the kids follow what he says for the safety of the kids and also for teaching
them how to be good kids. | en_US |
