PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME MOVIE

Abstract

This research entitled "Pragmatic Analysis of Directive Illocutionary Acts in Spider-Man: No Way Home Movie" aims to (1) identify the types of directive illocutionary acts and (2) find out the form of utterance contained in the dialogue. In this study, the theory of types of directive illocutionary acts according to Bach and Harnish (1979) and the forms of utterance of speech acts according to Parker (1994) are used. This research uses qualitative-descriptive method with the following research steps: determining the topic, conducting preliminary research, formulating problems, determining research methods, collecting, classifying, and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions and suggestions. The results of the research show that (1) from 53 data found in the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, there are five types of directive illocutionary acts found with the following details: 24 data are requestives, 20 data are requirements, 5 data are advisories, 3 data are prohibitives, and 1 data is questions. There are no directive illocutionary acts expressing permissives found. (2) Regarding the form of utterance, 35 data are delivered directly, and 18 data are delivered indirectly. This research concludes that the directive illocutionary acts in the movie "Spider-Man: No Way Home" are dominated by requestives. While the most dominant form of utterance is conveyed directly.