MAIN CHARACTERS’ SPEECH ACTS FOUND IN “JERRY MAGUIRE” MOVIE: ANALYSIS ON EXPRESSIVE AND ASSERTIVE TYPES
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By
:
TAQWIM ALMUSTAQIM 08360045
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MAIN CHARACTERS’ SPEECH ACTS FOUND IN “JERRY MAGUIRE” MOVIE: ANALYSIS ON EXPRESSIVE AND ASSERTIVE TYPES
THESIS
By
:
TAQWIM ALMUSTAQIM 08360045
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu’alaikum wr. wb.
The Most Almighty and The Most Merciful, All praise be to God Allah SWT, who
has given the researcher unremarkable blessings. The researcher is so grateful to Him for
giving her all the kindness, protection, power and love to complete this research as a partial
fulfillment of the requirements for getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English
Department. My Sholawat and Salam will always be given to the beloved holy prophet
Muhammad SAW.
The researcher is fully aware that this work cannot be separated from other people’s
help and guidance. Therefore, in this opportunity, I would like to express her gratitude and
appreciation to:
1. Dr. M. Syaifuddin, M.M the Dean of School of Teacher Training and Education.
2. Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd, as the Head of English Department.
3. My first advisor Drs. Munash Fauzie Anwar, M.M, who has advised and guided me
during the arrangement of this research paper.
4. My second advisor Drs. Sudiran, M, Hum, who has improved the research’s writing
in order to make this research paper more interesting to read in correct sentences.
5. All of English Department’s lecturers in Muhammadiyah University of Malang.
6. My beloved Father H. Sukarno Ismail who inspired and support me to do my best
Brother Muhammad Ta’lim, My Sister Alifah, Fadhilah, Fahruddin, and Maimunah
who gives me motivation and pray in finishing this research paper, I will do her best.
7. My dearly beloved friends: Hendro, Syafri, Tectona, Indra, Ian, Puji, Alfianur haris,
Ali, Irma, Ayu, Alifatun, Prita, Azizah, Fery, Miky, Syaifuddin, Syarif, Yudi, Reni,
Erna, thanks for the true friendship.
8. All the friends in English Department especially class A under grade 2008, thank for
togetherness.
9. The parties whose names cannot mentioned one by one.
For all, the researcher can present nothing but the deepest thank and I wishes Allah
SWT will bless them. The researcher is really aware that research paper is far from
being perfect. Therefore, I hope this thesis evokes some criticism for improvement.
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.1 Background of the Study...
1.2 Statement of the Problem...
1.3 Purpose of the Study...
1.4 Significant of the Study...
1.5 Scope and Limitation...
1.6 Definition of Key Terms...
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUR
2.1 Speech Act...
2.1.1 Speech Act Theory...
2.1.2 Kinds of Speech Act…...
2.1.2.1 Locution...
2.1.2.2 Illocution...
2.1.2.3 Perlocution...
2.2 Types of Illocutionary Speech Acts...
2.3.2 Elements of Film...
2.3.3 Types of Film...
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design...
3.2 Object of the Study... 3.3 Data Collection…... 3.4 Data Analysis...
3.5 Research Procedures...
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Finding...
4.1.1 Speech act used by the main characters in Jerry Maguire
movie...
4.1.2 The kinds of speech act used by Tom Cruise in Jerry
Maguire movie...
4.1.2.1 Expressive Illocution Speech Act...
4.1.2.2 Assertive Illocution Speech Act...
4.1.3 The most dominant kind of speech act used by the main characters in “Jerry Maguire” movie... 4.2 Discussion...
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of the Study
Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society,
including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used,
and the effects of language use on society. Sociolinguistics differs from sociology
of language in that the focus of sociolinguistics is the effect of the society on the
language, while the latter's focus is on the language's effect on the society.
Sociolinguistics overlaps to a considerable degree with pragmatics. It is
historically closely related to Linguistic Anthropology and the distinction
between the two fields has even been questioned recently. It also studies how
language varieties differ between groups separated by certain social variables,
e.g., ethnicity, religion, status, gender, level of education, age, etc., and how
creation and adherence to these rules is used to categorize individuals in social or
socioeconomic classes. As the usage of a language varies from place to place
(dialect), language usage varies among social classes, and it is a field of study that
sociolinguistics studies.
In this case, thesis discussed about part of sociolinguistic in term of
varieties of languages. Many people think that these varieties are just incorrect
ways of speaking, but they're not; they're just different. One of the varieties of the
language is speech act. A speech act is an act that a speaker performs when
ordinarily communicate with each other. The content of communication may be
identical, with the content intended to be communicated, as when a stranger asks,
“What is your name?”
According to Austin (1962:263), speaking is not just uttering sentences
that describe events but “doing thing with words”. Each sentences that speaker
utters is a speech act. Austin often illustrated this point with example such as a
judge uttering the sentence “I now declare you husband and wife”, which, in the
context of a marriage ceremony, has the effect of marrying two people. However,
the notion that speaking is performing acts applies to all speaking. The kinds of
speech act performed are promising, requesting, referring, describing, arguing,
demanding, and others (Searle, 1969).
A speech act has three components: its intended function (its illocutionary
force), its linguistic form (its locution), and its effect on the listener (its
perlocution). This can illustrate these different components of the speech act
using the following example of one child’s communicative behavior (Rees, 1978)
Illocutionary have five contents in speech act and some of them are
assertive and expressive. Assertive commit to the truth of the expressed
proposition: eg stating, suggesting, boasting, complaining, claiming, and
reporting. Than expressive have the function of expressing, or making known, the
speaker’s psychological attitude towards a state of affairs which the illocution
presupposes; eg thanking, congratulating, pardoning, blaming, praising,
However, the meaning of the linguistic means used may also be different
from the content intended to be communicated. Since the request is performed
indirectly, by means of performing a question, it counts as an indirect speech act.
Movie is one of media that contain sounds, video, animation, pictures, etc.
movie is not only gives entertainment but also educations because from movie
people can understand about the development of live, science, art and technology
that do not know before. There are many people who are interested in movie.
Movie is supposed to be an image of the real world.
In this study, the writer studies about speech act especially assertive and
expressive, used by the main characters in “Jerry Maguire” movie. “Jerry
Maguire” movie is a kind of a fiksi/psychological movie because it tells about
multiple personal disorder with bad experience in the past. Some of the main
characters used speech act in most of their conversation to express their feeling.
“Jerry Maguire” movie has a different way to tell the message to the viewers, and
becomes the best movie of the year for teenager. And the researcher chooses this
movie to analysis because in this movie the main character used much speech act
in his conversation than in another.
1.2Statement of the Problem
To guide the study, the writer formulates the problems in this research are:
1. What is an analysis of expressive of the main characters speech act in Jerry
Maguire’s movie?
2. What is an analysis of assertive of the main characters speech act in Jerry
1.3Purpose of the Study
On the basis of the statement of the problems, the purposes of the study are:
1. To find out the description about analysis of expressive of the main character
speech act in Jerry Maguire’s movie.
2. To find out the description about analysis of assertive of the main character
speech act in Jerry Maguire’s movie.
1.4Significant of the Study
The writer of this thesis hopes that this study has some significances and
the expected result. First of all, the writer of this thesis wants that this study will
be able to help the readers in analyzing sociolinguistic, especially analysis of
expressive and assertive of the main characters speech act. For illustration, by
analyzing of the speech act in Cameron Crowe’s movie on the title “Jerry
Maguire”, the reader can take precious lessons about sociolinguistic and
everything that express and represented inside.
Secondly, this study will provide descriptions of how to analyze of
expressive and assertive of the main characters speech act in Cameron Crowe’s
movie on the title “Jerry Maguire”, especially when the reader can use it to study
in sociolinguistic.
Thirdly, the result of this study will encourage the reader’s interest in
linguistic work and develop the art of appreciating linguistic. Finally, the writer
Department at Muhammadiyah University of Malang, to make further research
about sociolinguistic by using analysis different model and approach.
1.5Scope and Limitation 1.5.1 The Scope of the study
The writer of this thesis just wants to discuss about expressive and
assertive in main characters speech act in this movie. That is why in this study,
the writer of this thesis gives the scope of the study by only discussing analyzing
of expressive and assertive of the main characters speech act on “Jerry
Maguire’s” movie used by the main characters, which is written by Cameron
Crowe.
1.5.2 The Limitation of the study
The scope of this study is assertive and expressive of speech act,
especially the kinds of it, used by the main character of “Jerry Maguire” movie.
Meanwhile, the limitation of this study is The Main Character of “Jerry Maguire”
movie, which is written by Cameron Crowe.
1.6Definition of Key Terms
The writer of this thesis describes definition of key terms that correlate to
the title in order to avoid misinterpretation of his thesis. Key terms in this study
are as follows;
1. Analysis
(Hornby, A.S, 1995:1187)
2. Expressive
Expressive is kind of speech act that expresses on the speaker's attitudes and
emotions towards the proposition.
(Searle, 1969, 1979:238)
3. Assertive
Assertive is kind of speech act that have to commit the speaker to the truth of
the expressed proposition.
(Searle, 1969, 1979:238)
4. Main Characters
Main Characters is the most important part that drives the plot in the play.
(Robert, 1959:16)
5. Speech act
Speech act is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance.
(John L. Austin, 1962)
6. Movie
Movie is a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence
of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
(WordNet 2005. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward
1.0:Princeton.edu/perl/webwn)
7. Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire is a title of the Movie that written by Cameron Crowe that is
