THE INTERPRETATION OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN "TITANIC" MOVIE (PENAFSIRAN TINDAK ILOKUSI DARI PEMERAN UTAMA DALAM FILM "TITANIC")

Abstract

Language is a media to communicate with others. In communication, sometimes misunderstanding is happened between the communicators. It is because the speaker uses the interpretation in his/her utterances. Meanwhile, in making a good communication, it is better if both speaker and hearer understand each other about the topic they being discussed. Furthermore, the theory of Speech Acts proposed by Austin (1962) and developed by John R. Searle (1979) is used to solve this problem. Then, this study concerns with the analysis of illocutionary acts uttered by the main characters in Titanic movie. Titanic movie is chosen as the object in doing this analysis because it is found some utterances that seem unconnected between the speaker and the hearer occurred in this movie. Besides, it is also the highest-grossing movie of all time. The purpose of this study is to find out the types and the meaning of illocutionary acts used by Jack and Rose. This study uses qualitative because it aims to describe and to analyze the interpretation of utterances of Jack and Rose in the form of words. The technique of documentary study is also used in here. The data are collected by watching the Titanic movie and browsing the related script from the internet website.