Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal
Vol 2 No 1 (2014): April

Nina’s Characterization Reflected in the Speech Acts in Black Swan Film

Arina Lubsi (Unknown)
Dwijani Ratnadewi (Unknown)
Armeria Wijaya (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Nov 2018

Abstract

This thesis entitled Nina’s Characterization Reflected in the Speech Acts in Black Swan Film. Question of the research are what kinds of speech acts which show Nina’s double characters in the film “Black Swan”, what are the intended meanings of those speech acts and why does Nina use those speech acts in film “Black Swan”. This study is aimed to find the kinds of speech acts which show Nina’s double characters in the film “Black Swan”, to analyze the intended meanings of those speech acts, and the last to explain why Nina uses those speech acts in film “Black Swan”. This study makes reference to Yule, Searle and Taleb theory. This research is qualitative research. The data of the research are the utterances of Nina which have been obtained from the film script. From the data analysis, it is found that 15 utterances which have intended meaning spread by 5 macro classes of speech act : 6 utterances of representative, 5 utterances of Expressive, 2 utterances of directive, 1 utterance of commissive, and 1 utterance of declarative. Beside that, the reason of the use of speech act is because she is getting OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) which can create delusion in herself and destroy her life

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Tell

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal (e-ISSN 2657-2443 and p-ISSN: 2338-8927) is a journal of English Language Teaching (ELT), linguistics, and literature published in April and September by English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya. This journal is ...