<![CDATA[Pragmatics is a branch within linguistics that explores the way meaning is formed through language within specific contexts involving speakers and listeners. Pragmatic phenomena involve facts created through language use, especially in speech acts. Speech act theory has been widely used in various linguistic studies, one of which is to analyze conversations in interviews with political figures, as shown in the interview with the former U.S. President, Barack Obama, especially from the perspective of pragmatics. This study aims to discover the illocutionary act types and their functions performed by Jimmy Fallon as the interviewer and Barack Obama as the interviewee. This study uses the descriptive qualitative approach by referring to Searle’s (1976) theory of illocutionary acts as the basis for data analysis. Data collection was done through a documentation method and a note-taking technique. The findings show three illocutionary acts in this conversation: representative, directive, and expressive. Representative conveys personal facts or beliefs, such as asserting behavior or previous experiences. Directive occurs when questions or suggestions affect the listener, especially from the interviewer. Expressive is used to express honest emotions and reflections, especially by the interviewee. The results of this study focus on how different illocutionary acts serve communicative functions and reflect the speakers’ social relationships and communication styles.]]>
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