A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN JASON REITMAN’S THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

Abstract

Abstract

This research is a pragmatic analysis of illocutionary acts of the main character in Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking. The objectives of this research are to identify the types of illocutionary acts  and the function of illocutionary acts of the main character in Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking.

This research is a descriptive qualitative study applying content analysis method. The object of this research is a movie entitled Thank You for Smoking directed by Jason Reitman. The data collected are the utterances of the main character used by the main character in Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking movie. The key instrument of this research is the researcher herself. The data analysis was conducted through six steps: categorized into the data sheet, classified the data into the data sheet ,interpreted the phenomenon in order to make the answer of the problem., tested the trustworthiness of the data during the process of analysis., made the conclusion of the research according to the result of the research.

To check trustworthiness, the researcher consulted to the supervisors and crosschecked with the other researchers. There are two results of the research. The first result reveals that there are four types of illocutionary acts; directive, expressive, commissive, and representative. The second result is the functions of illocutionary act which are convincing, insulting, annoying, getting the hearer to do something and getting the hearer realize something.

Keywords: pragmatics, speech acts, illocutionary acts