An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts Generating Perlocutionary Responses in Communication Among Golf Participants in the YouTube Video “Maezawa Cup: Professional Golfer Ryo Ishikawa and President Yusaku Maezawa Participate in a Pro-Am Event” Using Searle’s S

A Pragmatic Study Based on Searle's Speech Act Theory

Abstract

This study aims to identify the forms of illocutionary acts that generate perlocutionary responses and to explain the influence of conversational implicatures on the success of such responses in the YouTube video “Maezawa Cup: Professional Golfer Ryo Ishikawa and President Yusaku Maezawa Participate in a Pro-Am Event.”

This study employed a pragmatic approach based on John Searle’s Speech Act Theory and H.P. Grice’s Conversational Implicature Theory. A qualitative descriptive method was used, with data collected through observation and note-taking techniques. The data were analyzed through the stages of data reduction, classification, presentation, and inductive conclusion drawing.

The findings revealed 81 utterances containing illocutionary acts that generated perlocutionary responses. These illocutionary acts were classified into five categories: representatives, directives, commissives, expressives, and declaratives, with representative acts being the most dominant category. The resulting perlocutionary responses were expressed through both verbal and non-verbal reactions, including accepting information, carrying out instructions, expressing agreement, showing appreciation, and responding to humor.

In addition, several conversational implicatures were identified as supporting the success of perlocutionary responses, namely implicatures of assurance, appreciation, humor, motivation, and indirect instruction. These implicatures contributed to the development of mutual understanding, the creation of positive responses, the enhancement of participants’ confidence, and the effectiveness of communication during the interaction.

Keywords: pragmatics, illocutionary acts, perlocutionary responses, conversational implicature