ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS ON LIZ GILBERT™S DIALOGUE IN EAT PRAY LOVE MOVIE

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  • Riandi and Sri Juriati Ownie

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https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i4.6690

Abstract

This thesis deals with the type of illocutionary acts on Liz Gilbert™s dialogue in
Eat Pray Love movie. The objectives of the study were to describe the types of
illocutionary acts used by Liz Gilbert in Eat Pray Love movie, the dominant type
of illocutionary acts used by Liz Gilbert in Eat Pray Love movie and the reason
why the dominant type of illocutionary acts occur on Liz Gilbert™s dialogue in Eat
Pray Love movie. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative
design. Descriptive qualitative research is descriptive in that the researcher is
interested in the process of meaning and understanding gained through words or
picture (Hancock 2007:7). This research used descriptive qualitative research
because the intention of this study was to describe how illocutionary used in the
movie.The data were the transcript of Liz Gilbert™s dialogue. The findings showed
that there were 466 utterances which contained five types of illocutionary acts,
namely: Representatives 198 utterances (42.49%), Directives 169 utterances
(36.27%), Expressives 89 utterances (19.10%), Commisives 9 utterances (1.93%)
and Declarations 1 utterance (0.21%). The most dominant type of illocutionary act
was Representatives with total number 198 utterances (42.49%) because Liz
Gilbert as the main character often described and informed about the situation of
her journey and experience when she visited Italy, India and Indonesia where she
finally found the balance of life, true love and happiness.

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2015-10-01

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2015): (OCT-DEC)

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ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS ON LIZ GILBERT™S DIALOGUE IN EAT PRAY LOVE MOVIE. (2015). LINGUISTICA, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i4.6690