Expressive Illocutionary Acts in Film:
A Searle–Norrick Analysis of The Equalizer 3
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This study aims to analyze the types of expressive illocutionary acts in The Equalizer 3 movie. Searle’s speech act theory (as cited in Yule, 2006) is applied to identify the expressive illocutionary speech acts uttered by all characters in the movie, while Norrick’s theory (as cited in Karina, 2018) is used to classify the types of expressive illocutionary acts. A descriptive qualitative method is employed. The data for the study were taken from The Equalizer 3, directed by Antoine Fuqua. The findings reveal 36 data of expressive illocutionary speech acts, categorized into seven types: apologizing (1 data), thanking (7 data), condoling (4 data), lamenting (2 data), deploring (14 data), boasting (6 data), and welcoming (2 data). No data of the act of forgiving and congratulating are identified. Among these types, the act of deploring occurs most frequently, with 14 instances.
Keywords: Expressive Speech Act, Types of Expressive Speech Act, The Equalizer 3
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