Assertive acts used by selected characters in Enola Holmes 2 movie

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Rosyadah, Fadiya Amrina (2023) Assertive acts used by selected characters in Enola Holmes 2 movie. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to describe the assertive acts used by the eight characters in Enola Holmes 2 movie and to find out the characters' purposes in using assertive acts. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach to explain the data being studied. The researcher took data from selected characters' utterances in Enola Holmes 2 movie transcript. The researcher identified the types of assertive acts using the assertive acts theory classification by Kreidler (1998), IFID, and the context of the situation. The researcher also analyzed the selected character's purposes in using assertive acts based on the type of assertive acts they used. The results of this study show that 128 data contain all types of assertive acts uttered by selected characters in Enola Holmes 2 movie. Assertive act which focuses on information was the most dominant type of assertive act used by selected characters. Meanwhile, the least type of assertive act found in the selected characters is assertive act which focuses on aspect. Furthermore, the researcher found all the purposes of selected characters in using assertive acts.