AN ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACT AS FOUND IN THE MOTHER MOVIE

Abstract

The intention of the speaker to produce an effect on the listener through utterance can be called a speech act, and most action movies suggest how they are usually being made, and this one is no exception, where a lot of direct speech can be found. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research method. The purpose of this study is to find the types of directive speech acts found in The Mother movie, while also looking for the strategies used in the directive speech act that found in The Mother movie. Based on the findings of this study, it has been observed that the characters in the movie generated a total of 50 utterances classified as directive speech acts. The analysis focuses on 30 speech acts, which comprise 7 instances of requesting, 8 instances of suggesting, 8 instances of commanding, and 7 instances of asking. Additionally, this study reveals that there exists a total of 19 direct speech act strategies and 11 indirect speech act strategies. From all the data collected, the writer found that the speech act of request and speech act of suggestions dominates the movie “The Mother” (2023). On the other hand, 19 direct strategies are also used often compared to the indirect speech act strategies.