Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to know the types of illocutionary acts \nwhich are dominantly presented by Sherlock Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes \nmovie through its script. Sherlock Holmes as main character in this movie plays \nas a consulting detective who has unique way in doing communication to the \nparticipants. When he utters something, he also does something. It is called \n‘speech acts’ \nSpeech acts deal with words and doing things. It has implication, by using \nwords, we can do many things. Speech acts is divided into three acts; locutionary \nacts, illocutionary acts, and perlocutionary acts. In this research, an illocutionary \nacts become main concern because it is the most important act in the speech acts \nand it relates to the speaker’s intends. \nThe writer uses descriptive qualitative method to describe and analyze the \nselected of illocutionary acts which are taken from the script, and then classifies \nthem according to the John R. Searle’s concept of types of illocutionary acts. The \nscript is gotten from the internet world wide web. \nIn this research, the writer finds that Sherlock Holmes uses all types of \nillocutionary acts: Assertives (Arguing, Asserting, Informing, Telling), Directives \n(Advising, Asking, Commanding, Entreating, Insisting, Inviting, Ordering, \nRequesting), Commissives (Promissing, Refusal), Expressives (Congratulating, \nPraising, Welcoming, Thanking), Declarations (Appointing). This research \nreveals that Sherlock Holmes in his utterances uses illocutionary acts of directive \nmore often than other acts.
Author: Agung Suryo Nugroho
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W81613899