ILLOCUTIONARY AND PERLOCUTIONARY ACTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL "GONE GIRL" BY GILLIAN FLYNN
Abstract
This research aims to identify and categorize illocutionary and perlocutionary speech
acts based on Searle's classification. Searle classifies illocutionary speech acts into five types of speech namely, assertive, directive, commissive, expressive and declarative and the effects of perlocutionary acts consisting of positive response, negative response and nonresponse. This research uses descriptive qualitative method and discourse data analysis method. The data of this research is the main character's speech with the second character in the novel “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn and then analyzed using John Searle's Speech Act theory. The results show that in this novel there are illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts on two main characters, namely, the male main character and the female main character. From the analysis of utterances in the male main character, there are 27 illocutionary acts and 14 utterances in the female main character. The most frequently used illocutionary speech act of the male main character is expressive illocution as many as 10 (37%) utterances and the female main character is expressive illocution and directiveillocution as many as 6 (43%) utterances. That is, the male main character often uses expressive illocution in the form of apologizing, trying to avoid conflict and the female main character uses expressive illocution in the form of praise, as well as directive illocution in the form of requests to control the situation. In the research, the perlocution most often used by male protagonists is nonresponsive perlocution as many as 19 (70%) and female characters as many as 8 (57%). This means that the male main character gives a response that seems ignorant by avoiding other people's questions and the female main character uses intimidation and manipulation to make the second character obsessed.
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