A PRAGMATICS STUDY OF EXPRESSIVE ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN SEASON 2 OF THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY

Abstract

This thesis is entitled "A Pragmatic Study of Expressive Illocutionary Acts in Season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty". This research aims to identify the type of expressive illocutionary acts and also identify the context situation. The theory of expressive illocutionary act types by Searle and context situation by Hymes are used in this research. The method used is qualitative descriptive method. This research begins with choosing a research topic, formulating a research title, choosing a research method, collecting data, identifying data, classifying data, analyzing data, and finally making conclusions and suggestions. The results showed that from 40 research data found in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 series, there are 6 types of expressive illocutionary acts with the following description, 15 data (37.5%) expressive illocutionary acts of Thank you, 14 data (35%) expressive illocutionary acts of Forgive, 4 data (10%) expressive illocutionary acts of Welcome, 3 data (7.5%) expressive illocutionary acts of Condole,  3 data (7.5%) expressive illocutionary acts of Deplore, and 1 data (2.5%) expressive illocutionary acts of Congratulations. In terms of the SPEAKING context, there are 16 data (28.09%) of End, 6 data (10.91%) of Act Sequence, 12 data (21.82%) of Key and 21 data (338.18%) of Norm. This research concludes that expressive illocutionary acts in the series The summer I Turned Pretty season 2 are dominated by the types of expressive illocutionary acts of Thank you and Forgive. Meanwhile, the most dominant context situation is Norm.