The Analysis of Speech Act in Donald Trump’s Speech “Coronavirus Task Force Briefing

Abstract

This research discussed the Speech Act President Donald Trump in White House, USA, which aimed to find out the kinds of communication functions in the illocutionary act and to identify the effects contained in the speech. This research focused on John Searle’s theory about pragmatic, especially in the speech act. The data were analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method by applying note-taking as the instrument to find out the valid data. This research was conducted to find out the kinds of communication functions in the illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. The finding showed that the kinds of communication functions in the illocutionary act and perlocutionary act, there were 7 or 36.84% assertives (stating),3 or 15.78 % directives ( requesting and recommending), 3 or 15.78 % expressives (thanking), and 6 or 31.57 % commisives (promising and offering), and declarations 0% (declaration not found in this research). Then in the perlocutionary act, it is also found 3 sector effect and responses from the audience, among the sectors: in terms of agenda oil production market and the development of new treatment for healing to patient corona and subsidy. It is concluded that assertive of stating and commisive of promising were usually used by President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, in the perlocutionary act in his speech, effective and got responses from the audience after listening to the speech of President Donald Trump in the White House, USA.