EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS FOUND IN VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE MOVIE 2021

Erika Dwi Kusumawardani,(2022) Expressive Speech Acts
Found in Venom: Let There Be Carnage Movie 2021. A final project:
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts
Education. Advisor I: Dr. Senowarsito, M.Pd. Advisor II: Fitri Yulianti,
S.Pd., M.Pd.
People as social beings (homo socialist) need to build up a good
relationship to others. Broadly, pragmatics concentrates on the meaning of
language usage in communication based on the context. The objectives of
the study are to find types of expressive speech acts and to define those
expressive speech acts are realized by the characters in Venom: Let There
Be Carnage movie 2021. The language used in Venom: Let There Be
Carnage movie is a speech act that people usually use to communicate in
everyday life. The study, the method used by the writer was descriptive
qualitative. According to the findings, the writer found fourteen types of
expressive speech acts found in Venom: Let There Be Carnage movie.
They were the expressions of 1) greeting, 2) welcoming, 3) farewell, 4)
thanking, 5) apologizing, 6) complimenting, 7) praising, 8) congratulating,
9) complaining, 10) reproving, 11) boasting, 12) bragging, 13) applauding.
and 14) rejoicing. The futher discussion about how the characters in the
Venom: Let There Be Carnage movie employed expressive speech acts.
The characters extended to employ more than one expressive speech acts
at once in their speech when they had conversation. The expressive speech
acts realized in Venom: Let There Be Carnage movie are greeting and
apologizing.
Key terms: Speech Act, Expressive speech acts, Venom: Let There Be
Carnage, Movie