ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN WEBTOON “THE MASKED FABLES SEASON 1”

Ayuningtyas, Devi. 2023. ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN WEBTOON “THE
MASKED FABLES SEASON 1”. Final Project, English Education Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor
I: Dr. Senowarsito, M.Pd. Advisor II: Dr. Dias Andris Susanto, M.Pd.
Keywords: Speech Act, Illocutionary Act, Webtoon, The Masked Fables
This research is aimed to find out the kinds of illocutionary acts, to find
out the most dominant illocutionary act, and to find out the contribution of
illocutionary acts in Webtoon ―The Masked Fables Season 1‖ to applied
pragmatics in teaching English. The source of data to support all the analysis for
this research was taken from the Webtoon entitled ‗The Masked Fables Season 1‘.
The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research for analyzing
data. To analyze the utterances the researcher used Searle‘s theory. From the
result, the researcher found five types of illocutionary acts such as representative
(483 utterances), directive (330 utterances), commissive (169 utterances),
expressive (37 utterances) and declarative (3 utterances). The most dominant type
used in The Masked Fables Season 1 is representative. This research can be used
for students' references for learning pragmatics, especially illocutionary acts.
From this research, the students can find many types of illocutionary acts found in
the Webtoon ―The Masked Fables Season 1‖. The researcher hopes this research
can enrich students‘ knowledge about illocutionary acts and it can increase
students‘ vocabulary and speaking skills.