THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN “MOANA” MOVIE

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, Commissives, and Expressives. For the precise data, the researcher found 36 expressions of Representatives, 35 expressions of Directives, 7 expressions of Commissives, and 30 expressions of Expressives. 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 commissives there are 3 subtypes. The last, for expressives there are 16 subtypes.