AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG MOVIE

Abstract

The objectives of the study were: 1) To find about the types of illocutionary acts found by the main character in Sonic The Hedgehoc Movie. 2) To know Actualization of illocutionary acts in Sonic The Hedgehoc movie. 3) To describe the actualization of illocutionay acts in Sonic The Hedgehoc movie by main character Sonic. This research uses qualitative research method for analyzing the data. The data is taken from the film Sonic The Hedgehoc through the main character, namely Sonic's speech. To analyze Sonic's speech, the researcher used Searle's theory. The results showed that the first one was expressive with 130 utterances (46.9%), assertiveness with 123 (44.4%), directive with 20 utterances (7.2%), commissive with 4 (1.4%). Next, the main character actualizes his illocutionary acts by using assertive, directive, declarative, and commissive illocutionary acts. In this case, all illocutionary acts are used by Sonic and actualized in the film "Sonic The Hedgehoc". The last, Sonic is a character who is still a small child who is just getting started. As an adult, every action and behavior that is cheerful and hyperactive requires expressive illocutionary support, therefore expressive illocutionary acts are often found here, and because this film is an action genre, the type of illocutionary act which is an expressive type can add to the impression in this film.