Directive Speech Act in The Legend of Putri Hijau Comic Book

Abstract

This study discuss about the directive speech acts in The Legend of Putri Hijau comic book. The objectives of the study were describes the types of directive speech acts and to show how the directive speech acts were used in The Legend of Putri Hijau comic book. The types of directive speech act are command, request, order and suggestion. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data was taken from the text of the book. Based on the result of this research of the directive speech acts in The Legend of Putri Hijau book , it was found totally 17 dialog using types of directive speech act. There are request 11 act, command 3 act, suggestion c act and order 0 act. The most dominant speech acts used in The Legend of Putri Hijau comic book where the directive speech act occurred is request act.