AN ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACTS USED BY DANIEL FORESTER AS A MAIN CHARACTER IN THE TOMORROW WAR MOVIE BY CHRIS MCKAY

FARWATI, RULY JOAN (2022) AN ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACTS USED BY DANIEL FORESTER AS A MAIN CHARACTER IN THE TOMORROW WAR MOVIE BY CHRIS MCKAY. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS ISLAM DARUL ULUM LAMONGAN.

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Abstract

Commissive is a style of speech act in which the speaker expresses a willingness to do something in the future. So, this research aimed to find the kinds of commissive speech acts used by Daniel Forester as the main character in The Tomorrow War movie directed by Chris McKay in 2021 and to probe the functions of commssive speech act found in Daniel Forester’s utterances. Descriptive qualitative research was applied in this research. The researcher used a movie as a subject of this research. The data were taken in the form of utterances that came from the main character who was Daniel Forester. The researcher used Austin’s and Searle’s theories to analyze the kinds of commissive speech acts and the functions of each kind. In this research, the researcher found some results (1) the entire data of commissive speech act in Daniel Forester, the main character in The Tomorrow War movie are 23 data included 6 kinds of commissive speech act, those are refusal contains 4 data, 6 data of offer, promise includes 7 data, volunteer has 2 data, 2 data of threat, and 2 data of guarantee. (2) researcher has identified the functions of each data of the commissive speech act. In conclusion, the researcher has analyzed Daniel Forester’s utterances in The Tomorrow War movie and finds 6 kinds of commissive speech acts and their functions by using Austin and Searle’s theory and Miles et al technique to analyze the data.

Item Type: Name Thesis (Skripsi)
Subjects: A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Hildha Fadzillah Rachma
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2023 12:53
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023 12:53
URI: http://repository.unisda.ac.id/id/eprint/1746

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