Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Acts Performed by the Main Characters of Level 16 Movie (A Pragmatic Analysis)

REZKY IRIANITA. “Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Acts Perfomed by the
Main Characters of Level 16 Movie: A Pragmatic Analysis” (supervised by
Simon Sitoto and Ainun Fatimah)
The aim of this research is to determine the types of the illocutionary acts
found in the main character of the Level 16 Movie and to reveal the effects of
illocutionary acts to the hearers (perlocutionary acts).
This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data is obtained
from the utterances that uttered by the main characters of Level 16 Movie
randomly. They are clasified into direct and indirect illocution. Then, the writer
determined the type of illocutionary acts using the John R. Searle’s theory.
The results of this research shows that from 25 data, there are five types of
illocutionary acts found in the main characters of level 16 movie. They are
assertive, directive, expressive, commissive, and declarative. In direct illocution,
there are three types of illocutionary acts found in the main characters of Level 16
Movie. They are assertive (14 aserting), directive (3 asking, 6 ordering, and 1
commanding), and expressive (1 apologizing). While in indirect illocution there
are five types of illocutionary. They are asssertive (of 1 predicting, 1 suggesting, 1
boasting, 1 insisting, 1 emphasizing, and 1 reminding), directive (2 directing, 2
requesting, 3 commanding, 1 advising, 3 entreating, and 1 recommending),
commissive (1 disagreeing, 2 refusing, and 1 promising), expressive (1
disagreeing, 2 refusing, and 1 promising), and declarative (1 appointing).
Additionally, the writer found that there are 25 kinds of perlocutionary effect.
They are 1 responding, 3 obeying, 2 agreeing, 1 being afraid, 1 following the
speaker’s decision, 1 following the speaker’s suggestion, 1 smiling, 3 helping, 1
refusing, 1 forgiving, 1 persuading, 1 giving up, 1 being silent, 1 being brave, 1
promising, 1 scaring, 1 ignoring, 1 running, 1 leaving, 1 getting up.