Illocutionary act in The Space Between Us Movie Script

Abstract

This study deals with the types of illocutionary act in The Space Between Us Movie Script. The objectives of this study are to find out the types of illocutionary act in The Space Between Us Movie, to discover the most dominant type of illocutionary act The Space Between Us Movie. The data of this study was the script of The Space Between Us Movie. This research was based on descriptive design by applying qualitative method and converting the data numerically. The findings of this study show that those five types of illocutionary acts were found in The Space Between Us Movie, they were: Directive (61) or 50.41%, Expressive (43) or 35.53%, Representative (11) or 9.09%, Commisive (4) or 3.30% and Declarative (2) or 1.62%. The most dominant type of illocutionary act find is directive act. The Space Between Us Movie uses directive act because Directive (61) or 50.41% is speech act that speakers use to get someone to do something