AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT IN “ROSI EKSKLUSIF” TALK SHOW

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the three types of speech act: locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act and the dominant type of illocutionary act found in “Rosi Eksklusif” talk show. The methodology employed in the present research is qualitative, and the data validity uses thick, rich description and member checking. The discourse in the form of talk show analyzed in this study is from “Rosi Eksklusif” talk show with title “[FULL] Blak-blakan Sri Mulyani Klarifikasi “Badai” di Kemenkeu | Rosi Eksklusif” published by KompasTV official Youtube channel in 2nd of March 2023 and the duration of the talk show is 1 hour long. The talk show was analyzed using speech act theory by Yule the for locutionary act and the perlocutionary act and Searle’s theory for the illocutionary act. In the description, the analysis focused on Rosi and Sri Mulyani utterances by investigating the locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act occured in the talk show. This research revealed that (1) there were 96 sentences from the data interview that contained locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. There were 73 locutionary act, 96 illocutionary act, and 9 perlocutionary act. (2) the dominant illocutionary type is the assertive type.