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Illocutionary Acts Analysis in President Barack Obama's Farewell Speech

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Title Illocutionary Acts Analysis in President Barack Obama's Farewell Speech
 
Creator arinugroho, yogi dian
 
Description Abstract:This research uses qualitative research method. The objectives of study are to analyze that there are some locutionary acts and some illocutionary acts in  Barrack Obama’s farewell speech. The researcher uses qualitative method to analyze Barrack Obama’s speech. The researcher appliess Searle’s illocutionary acts to analyze that speech. Searle’s categories of illocutionary acts are representatives, directives, comissives, expressives and declaratives.Representatives include describing, stating,  boasting, affirming,  concluding, claiming, assessing, asserting, etc. While, directives include warning, commanding, ordering, requesting, inviting suggesting, , forbidding, etc. Then, commissives are promising, vowing, planning, threatening, offering, warning, refusing, etc. On the other hand, expressives are thanking, apologizing, welcoming, condoling, congratulating, regret, like, dislike, statement of joy and sorrow, etc. The last, declaratives are excommunicating, declaration of war, christening or baptizing, resigning, etc.The researcher found that President Barack Obama’s farewell speech consists of locutionary acts and illocutionary acts as well. Locutionary acts in President Obama’s farewell speech are declaratives, imperatives and interrogatives acts. Most of illocutionary acts in Obama’s farewell speech are representatives. Directives, comissives, expressives are not as many as representatives. However, the researcher did not find any declaratives acts in that speech.  Keywords: Speech act, Barack Obama’s farewell speech, Illocutionary act
 
Publisher Graduate Program, University of Islam Malang
 
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Date 2019-07-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/LANG/article/view/3687
 
Source Language-Edu; Vol 8, No 2 (2019): Volume 8 No. 2
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Language eng
 
Relation http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/LANG/article/view/3687/pdf
 
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