AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN "CLOSE THE DOOR" PODCAST

Abstract

This research is entitled An Analysis of Illocutionary Act in “Close the Door” Podcast. It is aimed to find out the types illocutionary act and the illocutionary act functions found in Close the Door podcast by Deddy Corbuzier on YouTube. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. Furthermore, the object that analyzed in this research is the conversation of Close the Door podcast between Deddy Corbuzier and Andrew Kalaweit. In analyzing the data, theory by Searle was applied in this research. The research found four types of illocutionary acts used by speakers. There are declaratives, representatives, directives, and expressives. The representatives are the dominant frequent (65%).  Besides, there are 15 illocutionary act functions which the function of stating a fact is the highest number (39%) because the speakers want to convince the viewers about the issues discussed in the video. It can be concluded that the guest dominates the conversation by using representative illocutionary acts that indicates to stimulate people’s knowledge and critical thinking.

Keywords: Types of Illocutionary Act, Illocutionary Act Functions, Podcast