AN ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACT USED IN “LITTLE WOMEN (2019)” MOVIE

This research analyzed the directive speech acts used in Little Women (2019)
movie, the objectives of this research were to identify the types of directive
speech acts used in the movie, the most dominant types that are frequently used,
and describe the meaning of directive speech acts used in the movie. This study
employed Searle's theory of speech act as a guide to analyze and discuss the
directive speech act in Little Women (2019) movie. This study was categorized as
descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study show that there were five
types of directive speech acts in the movie. Those were request (5%), question
(60%), command (24%), permission (2%), and prohibition (9%). Question speech
act was the most frequently used. Furthermore, the meaning of the directive
speech acts performed in Little Women (2019) movie was highly influenced by
situational context and question is the biggest factor that frequently used in the
movie. The movie's talk about family and siblings matters, talk about women, talk
about responsibility, it all was presented by the characters in the movie constantly
wonder and find a way out in every conflict.