APPLYING MULAN (2020) MOVIE TO ANALYZE ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS

Abstract

The study conducted under the theme of speech acts is still popular since it emerges
to be more attractive from time to time. This study principally discusses one of the
enticing issues which are to scrutinize speech acts. This study focuses on the types
of illocutionary acts taken from the dialogues in Mulan (2020) movie. It aims to
discover and explain how types of illocutionary acts are applied in the dialogues of
the main character of Mulan (2020) movie. This study uses descriptive qualitative
research design. The findings of this research are that 46 utterances of the main
character, Mulan, contain illocutionary act in all types, namely 17 directive
utterances, 14 assertive utterances, nine expressive utterances, five commissive
utterances, and one declarative utterance. From the finding, it can be concluded that
illocutionary acts applied by the main character in Mulan (2020) movie have various
functions. It mostly includes advising, commanding, ordering, and requesting.