Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol 5, No 3 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute August

Speech Function in the “Moxie” Movie Sociolinguistics Study

Widya Novia Damayanti (Unknown)
Meita Luckitawati Sujatna (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jul 2022

Abstract

This study aims to determine the types of speech functions that exist in "Moxie" movie and also to determine the purpose of the speech function used by the characters in the film when the characters are having conversations. The source of this research data taking from the "Moxie" movie. The results of this study obtained the results of 227 utterances contained in the speech function from the dialogue movie, and the data was classified into four: 78 Statement (34,4%), 106 Questions (46,7%), 16 Offer (7%) and command 27 (11,9%). The most dominant type of speech function used in the film "Moxie" is questions 106 (46,7%), it can be seen that in the film there are many conversations related to question because the characters in the film use a lot of questions when having conversations. The purpose of speech function in the “Moxie” movie by using the types speech function so that the speaker and listener can communicate well, communication to make the listener understand the speaker's mean.

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birci

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Religion Arts Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) : Humanities and Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published in February, May, August and November by Budapest International Research and Critics University Journal (BIRCU-Journal). BIRCI welcomes research papers in ...