A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS IN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 MOVIE

Anggawi, Syarifah Nursya Fahsya (2025) A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS IN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 MOVIE. Undergraduate thesis, UWGM Samarinda.

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ABSTRACT Anggawi, Syarifah Nursya Fahsya, 2025. “A Pragmatic Analysis of Illocutionary Expressive Speech Act in Guardian of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Movie”. Bachelor Thesis English Education of English Department, Widya Gama Mahakam Samarinda University. Advisor: (1) Dr. Abdul Rohman, M.Pd, (2) Widi Syahtia Pane, M.Pd. This research aimed to find out the types of illocutionary expressive speech acts and the strategies in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. It used a qualitative approach to address the research problems and objectives. Data were collected from character utterances through movie observation and transcript analysis, then classified based on Norrick’s (1978) expressive speech act types and Wijana’s (1996) speech act strategies. The findings revealed 64 instances of expressive speech acts, with Deploring being the most dominant (26 data, 41%), followed by Thanking eleven data (17%), Apologizing nine data (14%), Lamenting eight data (13%), Boasting 5 data (8%), Forgiving and Welcoming each with two data (3%), and Congratulating as the least frequent one data (2%). The intersection of speech act strategies showed that Direct Literal was the most common forty-nine data (77%), followed by Direct Non-literal seven data (11%), Indirect Non-literal six data (9%), and Indirect Literal two data (3%). This study explored how the movie conveyed certain messages, emotions, and values to the audience and enhanced communication skills. It also contributed to education, cultural studies, and media analysis. The movie’s action-packed and humourfilled genre shaped expressive speech acts, highlighting language adaptation in dynamic and comedic contexts. Key Words: Pragmatic, Speech Act, Illocutionary Act, Expressive Act

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