This research focuses to find the type of indirect speech acts and to know
the function of each type of indirect speech acts that writer has found on the data.
It is a qualitative research that used George Yule indirect speech acts theory
(1996) as the main theory. After analyzing the data, the writer found 46 utterances
which are identified as indirect speech acts. In conducting this research the writer
watch the movie, read the script, identified the data. Then, the writer classified the
data into indirect speech acts. There are two types of indirect speech acts they are
directive speech acts and commissive speech acts. On the directive speech acts the
writer found 32 (69.6%) indirect requesting acts which are realized in twelve
declarative sentences and twenty interrogative sentences and 11 (23.9%) indirect
questioning acts which are realized in declarative sentences. On the other hand, in
commissive speech acts the writer found 3 (6.5%) indirect offering acts which are
realized in one declarative sentence and two imperative sentences. The dominant
type of indirect speech acts is directive speech acts. The characters on the movie
use indirect speech acts to express requests, questions, and offering acts. It is
realized by indirect speech acts to produce language more politely and keep
hearers face in getting instruction or information indirectly.

SI18065

SKR BSI 18065

Perpustakaan FAH (Skripsi SI)

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