@thesis{thesis,
		author={Sukmawati  Darumas Bunga},
		title ={AN ANALYSIS OF ILLUCOTIONARY ACTS
IN THE “SING” MOVIE},
		year={2023},
		url={http://eprints3.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/1385/},
		abstract={Sukmawati, Darumas Bunga. 2023. ?An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in the
?Sing? Movie?. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of
Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1: Dr.
Senowarsito, M.Pd., Advisor 2: Dra. Tarcisia Sri Suwarti, M.Pd.
Keywords: Pragmatics, Speech act, Illocutionary acts, Sing Movie
The objectives of this research were: 1) to find out the types of Illocutionary
acts used by Buster Moon in the ?Sing? movie. 2) to find out the most
dominant type of Illocutionary act used by Buster Moon in the ?Sing? movie.
3) to explain the contribution of the illocutionary act used by Buster Moon in
the ?Sing? movie on English learning. The methodology used in this research
was descriptive qualitative. The data were taken from ?Sing? movie through the
main character who is Buster Moon's utterances. In addition, to analyze Buster
Moon's utterances, the writer used Searle's theory. The result of this research,
showed that: first, the writer found five types of illocutionary act which are
assertive (118 utterances), directive (166 utterances), commissive (18
utterances), expressive (108 utterances), and declarative (8 utterances). The most
dominant type of illocutionary act used by Buster Moon was directive with a
frequency of 39.71%. Third, teachers may utilize this research as a teaching
media to help their students understand more about illocutionary acts in the
English language.}
		}