JEdu: Journal of English Education
Vol 3, No 3 (2023): JEdu: Journal of English Education

Expressive Illocutionary Speech Acts Used in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Series

Amani, Adibah Saesa (Unknown)
Setiarini, Ni Luh Putu (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2023

Abstract

This research discusses expressive speech acts identified in the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story series. The objective of this research are to find out the types of expressive speech acts and the most dominant types of expressive speech acts used in the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story series. The method used in this research was descriptive-qualitative. This research used theory from Searle and Vanderken (1985) to analyze the data. The data in this study were obtained from the utterances used by the character in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The results of this research showed that there are 109 data points found, namely 12 data of apology, 14 data of thanks, three data of condole, two data of condolences, 10 data of complaint, 12 data of lament, 15 data of protest, five data of deplore, six data of boast, 13 data of compliment, six data of praise, and 11 data of welcome (greet). With these data, the expressive speech act of protest is the most types of expressive speech act used in the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story series.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jedu

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JEdu: Journal of English Education focused to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest outstanding research and developments in the fields of English Education. The scope of this journal encompasses to study of English Education, Literature, Linguistics, and ...