Study of the Expressive Speech Act of the Character Rocky Gerung: Youtube Iso-Late Show

Fathiah Riadianti
Futi Hamdiyah Telaumbanua
Wulan Nurhasanah
Achmad Yuhdi

International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2024): August : International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistic

This research aims to analyze the expressive speech acts of the character Rocky Gerung. This type of research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques in this research used note-taking techniques, listening techniques and documentation techniques. The expressive speech act of criticizing is 4 utterances, the expressive speech act of complaining is 3 utterances, and the expressive speech act of expecting something/desire is 4 utterances. The main theme discussed by this figure is the world of politics in the state. And the public's responses and comments regarding Rocky Gerung's statement varied greatly by looking at the comments on the YouTube channel video.