EXPLORING ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN HARRY STYLES’ FINE LINE ALBUM: A PRAGMATIC STUDY
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https://doi.org/10.35842/jolali.v3i2.51Keywords:
Harry Styles’ songs, Illocutionary Acts, Pragmatics, Song Lyrics, Speech ActsAbstract
An illocutionary act is an act performed in saying something. In other words, an Illocutionary act is an utterance with some function in mind. This study discussed the Illocutionary Act’s use to determine the song’s lyric meaning. This study aimed to determine the types of illocutionary acts based on song lyrics in the Fine Line album by Harry Styles using Searle's (1969) theory and the functions of illocutionary acts using Leech's (1983) theory. This study uses a qualitative method. The primary data of this research are the lyrics taken from 10 songs in the Fine Line album. In collecting the data, researchers used Sudaryono's theory, namely the documentation method, while descriptive methods were used to analyze the data. The results found 30 data points containing the type of illocutionary act and the function of the illocutionary act. The 30-sentence data are further divided into 4 types of illocutionary acts and 4 functions of illocutionary acts. The findings and results of types of illocutionary acts are 13 assertive, 8 directives, 4 expressive, and 5 declaratives. The findings and results of the functions of illocutionary acts are 6 competitive, 2 convivial, and 14 collaboratives.
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