Analyzing speech acts in Black Panther 2 Wakanda Forever, Marvel's blockbuster movie of 2022

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Dwipermadi, Dhito (2023) Analyzing speech acts in Black Panther 2 Wakanda Forever, Marvel's blockbuster movie of 2022. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study is aimed at investigating the types of speech acts in conversation between Shuri and other characters on Marvel’s movie, Black Panther 2 Wakanda Forever. There are two problems to be solved in this study, namely: (1) What are the types of illocutionary act used by the main character in Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever (2) What are the function of the types of illocutionary act used by the main character in Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. This study uses qualitative approach in relation to the use of clear and systematic description about the phenomena being studied. Descriptive study in textual analysis was applied in this study to analyze the utterances between Shuri and other characters. The data were collected by first transcribing the conversation between Shuri and other characters. The transcription was then analyzed by identifying the types of speech act. The analysis was continued by identifying the function of the types of speech act. The researcher found all five types of speech act, which are declaratives (3 data), representatives (11 data), directives (16 data) expressives (8 data), and commisives (1 data). Researcher also investigated the function of the types of speech act that Shuri’s use in her utterance, which declaration (to change the situation based on the speaker’s utterance), representative (that deals with factual statements, claims, inferences, and descriptions), directives (that deals with instructions, requests, commands, and suggestions), expressive (that deals with psychological states as pleasure, pain, likes, dislikes, joy, and sorrow), and commisive (that deals with speaker’s promise or do something in the future).