Felicity Condition of Illocutionary Acts in Enola Holmes Movie by Harry Bradbeer: Pragmatics Study

Abstract

The research entitled “Felicity Condition of Illocutionary Acts in Enola Holmes Movie by Harry Bradbeer: Pragmatics Study” was conducted to identify the types of felicity conditions and the illocutionary acts influencing the characters’ utterances in the Enola Holmes movie. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative approach. The data was obtained from the dialogue of the characters in the movie Enola Holmes. The theories that became the main foundations of this research are Austin’s (1962), Levinson’s (1983), and Searle’s (1969). The results show that 45 data points were found in the movie; there are four types of felicity conditions, 21 data points of preparatory condition, 6 data points of propositional content condition, 9 data points of sincerity condition, and 9 data points of essential condition. In addition, there are nine felicity conditions in illocutionary speech acts influencing character speech in the film, 13 data of felicity conditions in questioning, 10 data of felicity conditions in asserting/stating, 5 data of felicity conditions in promising, 4 data of felicity conditions in requesting, 4 data of felicity conditions in advising, 4 data of felicity conditions in thanking, 2 data of felicity conditions in greeting, 2 data of felicity conditions in threatening, 1 data of felicity conditions in congratulating, and there are no data that qualify felicity conditions in warning. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the preparatory condition was the most frequently occurring type, and the felicity condition in questioning was the most influential illocutionary acts in the characters’ utterances.