An Analysis of Directive Speech Act Used In “Among Us” Short Movie by Jay & Arya

Abstract

This study analyzed the directive speech acts used in Among Us short movie that was produced by Jay Samuelz and Arya Lee. The objectives of this research were to identify the types of directive speech acts used in the movie, to describe the most frequently type used in the movie, and to describe the meaning of directive speech acts used in the movie. This study employed Searle's theory of speech act as a guide to analyze and discuss the directive speech act in Among us short movie. This study was categorized as a descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study shows that there were five types of directive speech acts in the movie. Those were request (26%), question (53%), command (7%), permission (4%), and prohibition (10%). As a matter of fact, question speech act was the most frequently used. Furthermore, the meaning of the directive speech acts performed in Among Us short movie was highly influenced by the context of its situation in the movie. Furthermore, with so many riddles to solve, this kind of situations being the biggest factor in the most frequently used of question speech acts, since all of these conflicts require clues to resolve them. The characters in Among Us short movie have used the question speech acts in getting solutions to all of the problems that arise.