A DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACT IN ‘JOJO RABBIT’ MOVIE BY TAIKA WAITITI

Abstract

 This research was conducted to analyze and find out the speech act that occurred in
‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie. This research also analyzed (1) the locutionary act that found in main
character’s utterances in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie, (2) the illocutionary act that found in main
character’s utterances in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie, (3) the perlocutionary act that found in main
character’s utterances in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie, (4) the directive speech act that found in main
character’s utterances in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie.
The researcher conducted this research in the library of Slamet Riyadi University. Method that
used in this research was qualitative descriptive and data in this research were collected through
documentation and observation. The researcher watched the ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie several times,
read the transcript of the ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie, and then marked the dialogue and identified the
locutionary act, illocutionary act, perlocutionary act, and directive speech act.
The findings of this research showed that in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ movie, there were 205 utterances of
locutionary act. There were 205 utterances of illocutonary act, classified into 91 of assertives,
10 of declaratives, 71 of directives, 11 of commisives, 22 of expressives. There were 202
utterances of perlocutionary act, classified into 87 times to inform, 24 times to convince, 11
times to confess, 21 times to cause the listener to do something, 48 times to cause the listener
to answer question, 5 times to greet, and 6 times to approve. There were 71 utterances that
considered as directive speech act, classified into 15 of commanding, 44 of questioning, 3 of
prohibiting, 1 of permissioning, and 8 of requesting.
The research analyzed speech acts in the movie "Jojo Rabbit," focusing on the main character's
utterances using a qualitative descriptive method. It identified 205 locutionary and
illocutionary acts, categorized into assertives, declaratives, directives, commissives, and
expressives, and 202 perlocutionary acts with outcomes like informing, convincing, and
prompting actions. Additionally, 71 directive speech acts were classified into commanding,
questioning, prohibiting, permissioning, and requesting, highlighting the complexity of the
main character's communication strategies.
Keywords: Speech Acts, Language, Locutionary Acts, Illocutionary Act, Perlocutionary Acts,
Directive Illocutionary Acts, Jojo Rabbit Movie