English Review: Journal of English Education
Vol 5, No 2 (2017)

ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES USING SEARLE'S TAXONOMY OF SPEECH ACTS

Paulus Widiatmoko (Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana Yogyakarta)

Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jun 2017

Abstract

This study analyzes the performance of Searle speech acts in presidential inaugural addresses. Five presidential inaugural addresses taken as the samples of this study were analyzed using Searles speech act taxonomy and different distinctive features of illocutionary acts. The findings of this study revealed the frequency and comparison of the speech act performance. Each inaugural address possessed distinctive characteristics influenced by sociopolitical, economic, and historical situation of the countries. In addition, some commonalities in relation to the performance of Searles speech act taxonomy were also observed.Keywords: speech acts, taxonomy, presidential inaugural address

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English Review: Journal of English Education
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Abbrev

ERJEE

Publisher

Universitas Kuningan

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ENGLISH REVIEW: Journal of English Education (ISSN print 2301-7554) is a peer-reviewed journal published in Indonesia by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, the University of Kuningan (PBI FKIP UNIKU) in collaboration with the Association of Indonesian ...