AN ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACT USED IN THE ELLEN SHOW INTERVIEW WITH BILLIE EILLISH

Ngasini 2021. “An Analysis of Expressive Speech Acts Used in Ellen Show
“Interview with Billie Eilish” Final Project, English Education Study
Program, Faculty of Art and Language Education (FPBS) University Of
PGRI Semarang. The first Advisor: Dr. Senowarsito,.M.Pd. and the second
advisor: Dr. Dyah Nughrahani, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keyword: Expressive speech acts; Interview; Speech Act
This research is about analyzing expressive speech acts used in Ellen Show
“interview with Billie Eilish”. The objectives of this research are: (1) to identify types
of expressive speech acts used in Billie Eilish interview’s (2) to describe the
realization of expressive speech acts in Billie Eilish interview’s (3) to describe the
actual conditions of expressive speech acts used in Billie Eilish interview’s.
The researcher used descriptive qualitative. The data of this study collected from the
interview script. In this research, the data are taken from the dialogue among the
Interviewer and Interviewee; this research used document analysis for analyzing the
data. The finding showed there were 16 utterances of expressive speech acts, which
consisted of 1 expression of apologizing (6,2 %), 1 expression of thanking (6,2 %), 6
expression of congratulating (37,5),1 expression of greeting (6,2%), 1 expression of
wishing (6,2%), 5 expression of attitudes (31,2%). The result showed the expressive
of congratulating are the most dominant expressive speech act he expressive of
congratulating are the most dominant expressive speech act.