DIRECT AND INDIRECT ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS PERFORMED BY THOMAS IN “MAZE RUNNER : THE DEATH CURE “ MOVIE

MUH RIFANDY A MAHMUD. Direct and Indirect Illocutionary Acts Used In
Maze Runner : Dead Cure Movie (Pragmatic Analysis), supervised by Kamsinah
and Ayub Khan .
The aims of this study are to explain the types of direct and indirect
illocutionary acts used in Maze Runner : Dead Cure movie and to describe the
meaning of direct and indirect illocutionary acts performed by the characters in
Maze Runner : Dead CureMovie.
The method of this study was qualitative descriptive. The researcher
collected the data from the movie and movie script, then described context, types
of illocutionary acts, and meaning of direct and indirect illocutionary acts
performed by the main characters in Maze Runner : Dead Cure movie based on
theories provided. To focus on the study, the researcher limited herself to analyze
thirty data.
From the analysis, the researcher write to conclusion that direct
illocutionary acts only contain two types of illocutionary acts, assertive (asserting)
and directive (ordering, asking) Meanwhile, in indirect illocutionary acts, there are
4 types of illocutionary acts, those are 4 assertive (informing,denying, predicting),
16 directive (warning, informing, rejecting, reminding, requesting, confusing,
doubting, rushing), 4 commissive (threatening, offering, rushing, informing), and 4
expressive (blaming, offending, worrying). performed by main characters in Maze
Runner : Dead Cure movie. Moreover, the meaning of direct and indirect
illocutionary acts can be identified by refering to the context of utterance.
Key terms: Context, Illocutionary Act, Meaning, Utterance