The Analysis of Form Illocutionary Act in Miracles from Heaven Movie

Maria Aurin Tiodora Sinambela (Mahasaraswati Denpasar University, Denpasar)
Ida Ayu Mela Tustiawati (Mahasaraswati Denpasar University, Denpasar)

BULLET : Jurnal Multidisiplin Ilmu
Vol. 1 No. 04 (2022): BULLET : Jurnal Multidisiplin Ilmu ( Agustus-September)

The illocutionary act is a component of a pragmatic study. Illocutionary acts are actions that a speaker performs while communicating (with the right intention and in the right context). This study aims to identify the form of illocutionary acts in Miracles from Heaven. The method used the qualitative method because the data is in the form of words from the characters and movie scripts in the movie Miracles from Heaven. There are several steps in the data collection: downloaded movie scripts, watched movies multiple times, and read and observed the dialogue in movies. All utterances were divided into several parts in the main illocutionary act. The research is focused on forms of illocutionary acts. The results of the data are 15 utterances of Declarative form, 20 utterances of Interrogative form, and 10 utterances of Imperative form.