Abstract:
This study was aimed to describe the types and functions of commissive
speech acts found in Moana the movie. Moana is an animated movie about
adventure that was released in 2016and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. This
movie tells about the adventures of the chief's daughter who will become the
leader of the Motunui village. She wanted to prove to the villagers that she
deserved to be a good leader for them. She must find Maui and work together to
restore Te Fiti's heart. The things shown in the movie are about how Moana wants
to prove herself to others about what she said. Therefore commissive speech acts
are found in the movie. The research data was taken from the Moana the movie.
The researcher uses the observation method to determine the data to be analyzed.
The purposive sampling method is used to take data samples. Data collection is
done by watching the movie carefully, then make note-taking and grouping the
data into commissive speech based on the theory of George Yule (1996). The
researcher then analyzes the data based on its function. The results of this study
are there are 18 data of commissive speech acts found in the Moana the movie in
the form of 5 data functioning to promise, 4 data functioning to threat, and 9
data functioning to refuse.
