LINGUA : Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pengajarannya
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2020): Maret 2020

Speech Act Classification and Request Strategy in “Tall Girl” Movie Directed by Nzingha Stewart

Ary Iswanto Wibowo (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Jakarta)
Gilang Cempaka (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Feb 2020

Abstract

The research is aimed to find out the speech act classification and types of request strategy from a dialogue of the characters in Tall Girl movie. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative analysis. Data is taken out of all dialogues of the characters and is observed by using theories. In this analysis, the writers found the speech Act Classification and Types of Request Strategy in the Speech Act. The speech act is classified in declaration, representatives, directives, commissives, and expressive. Directives served the dominant form among the five types of illocutionary act mostly expressed their utterance. And as request strategy is typed in mood derivable, explicit performative, hedged performative, locution derivable, want statement, suggestive formula and preparatory. Mood derivable served the dominant form among the other types to deliver their willingness.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lingua

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

LINGUA primarily focuses on research on language learning and teaching in context of EFL/ESL, in a variety of levels including school level, university level, institute level, etc. Researches on culture and linguistics are of the secondary interest of LINGUA. LINGUA welcomes papers on teaching and ...