Pioneer: Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 14 No 2 (2022)

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Calling Out the Slut Shamers

Shania Sukma Patrianegari Mulyono (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Lina Purwaning Hartanti (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2022

Abstract

This study analyzes the use of illocutionary types of BBC Youtube channel 'You're not fit to call yourself men,' Sarah Hanson-Young tells senators, where Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was being slut shamed by other members of the parliament. This study uses the descriptive qualitative method. The objectives of this study are to find the illocutionary acts used in the speech and also to figure out how the speaker uses self-disclosure to engage the audience. Documentation technique was used to collect the data, and the data were then analyzed by using Searle's theory to analyze the use of illocutionary acts, and Jourard's and M Leary's to analyze the use of self-disclosure to engage the audience. The results of this study showed that 2 illocutionary acts were equally dominant in the speech which was assertive and expressive. In addition, Declaratives were less dominant, and the two other types, directives and commissives, were not found in the speech. This study also found that The speaker’s use of expressives illocutionary acts to perform her self-disclosure was a successful technique to engage other members of parliament.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pioneer

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Pioneer is a journal of language and literature which provides academics and practitioners with the opportunities to put out their ideas, theoretical applications, data analyses, discourses, and literary criticisms. This journal is managed by Faculty of Letters, University of Abdurachman Saleh ...