The Analysis of Illocutionary Act in “Moana” Movie Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
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Stacy Talahaturuson(1)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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Sebastianus Fernandez(2)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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Elisna Huan(3)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
This study is about finding out and analyzing the illocutionary act in a movie. The researcher chooses Moana Movie (2016) as the object of the study. This research has three aims: (1) To find out what are the types of illocutionary acts found in Moana (2016) movie. (2) To find out what are the functions of the illocutionary acts in Moana (2016) movie. (3) To find out what are the meanings of the illocutionary acts in Moana (2016) movie. The researcher found that there are 108 expressions of illocutionary acts in the Movie. There are four types of illocutionary acts, such as Representatives, Directives, Commissive, and Expressive. For the precise data, the researcher found 36 expressions of Representatives, 35 expressions of Directives, 7 expressions of Commissive, and 30 expressions of Expressive. The researcher also analyzed the meaning and function of those illocutionary acts found in the movie. By analyzing the function and meaning of those expressions of the illocutionary act, the researcher divides the types of illocutionary acts found into several subtypes. For representatives there are 7 subtypes. For directives there are 8 subtypes. For commissive there are 3 subtypes. The last, for expressive there are 16 subtypes.
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