Illocutionary acts used by Edward Teddy Daniels in “Shutter Island” Movie

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Syahputra, Riyan (2019) Illocutionary acts used by Edward Teddy Daniels in “Shutter Island” Movie. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study uses qualitative approach since it is intended to analyze the illocutionary acts used by Edward Teddy Daniels in “Shutter Island” movie. Qualitative approach is used to give the detail explanation of the data. As the result, the researcher finds four types of illocutionary acts most frequently used by Edward Teddy Daniels in the "Shutter Island" movie. They are assertive/representative, directive, commissive, and expressive. However, the most dominant type of illocutionary acts used by Teddy is assertive type, mainly asserting. Also there are all kinds of illocutionary acts function used by Edward Teddy Daniels in the "Shutter Island" movie. They are collaborative, competitive, conflictive, and convivial.In this study, the researcher finds 116 data from the data that is uttered by Edward Teddy Daniels. Moreover, the results obtained from the research show that the types of illocution that often appear in Edward Teddy Daniels 's speech, there are; assertive 64%, directive 2%, commissive 21%, expressive 13%, and declarative 0%. Meanwhile, among the types assertive ranked first, about 74 data or 64%. On the other hand, the researcher also finds 209 the functions of illocutionary acts namely; competitive 135 data, convivial 6 data, collaborative 45 data, and conflictive 23 data. Competitive becomes the most frequently spoken function of Edward Teddy Daniels.