Speech Act in Coco movie Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina

• Ratna Aulia
• 2021

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This research is about speech acts, and the authors state the following as the study''s issue. ‘What are the types of speech acts on Coco movie’ In line with the previous formulation, the aim of this study is to classify the different types of speech actions in the film Coco. In the first chapter, the author discusses the background and reasons for choosing the title, formulates the problem issue that will be addressed in the third chapter, limits the discussion, and mentions the research process and procedures. The result of the analysis of the coco movie, the dominant type of speech act on the movie that is expressive, as most of the dialogue present in the coco movie, the characters convey their feelings through the phrase. That feeling belongs to a mental state that fits the explanation that is in chapter II. According to the discussions that chapter 3, in the movie there are many speech acts that can be discussed. It means speech act process to convey something to understand the point. Meaning speech act is necessary in social life for interaction to be delivered. therefore, the action taken to convey the message has a classification to understand the intent of that phrase to be an action. And the act was divided into 5, i.e., assertive, commisive, expressive, directive, and declaration.

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