Translation and Linguistics
Vol 2, No 01 (2022): Translation and Linguistics (Transling)

Directive Speech Acts in Humorous Discourse on Youtube Channel: Warintil Official as Case Study

Mukminin, Muhamad Saiful (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jul 2025

Abstract

Directive speech act is a type of speech act that can give influence to others. In humor discourse, directive speech acts can appear through forms of language use used by speakers to speech partners. The purpose of this study is to describe the form of directive speech acts and its most dominant form in YouTube Channel 'Warintil Official' videos. This research applies descriptive qualitative research paradigm. The data in this study are utterances containing directive forms spoken by the actors in the 'Warintil Official' video. The data collection techniques used are the observation method with free participant observation, recording technique, and note-taking. Data analysis consists of three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The result of this research shows that there are eight forms of directive speech acts, namely ordering, commanding, requesting, asking, recommending, prohibitives, permissives, and advising. The most dominant directive speech act in this study is asking. It shows that the speaker needs information from the speech partner.

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Journal Info

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transling

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Translation and Linguistics (Transling) is a journal aims to be a peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish original research papers and case studies focused on translation and linguistics. All articles are peer-reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers. The scope ...