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REPRESENTATIVE AND DIRECTIVE ACTS USED BY MAIN
CHARACTERS IN “THE BAYTOWN OUTLAW” MOVIE
THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Degree of English DepartmentFaculty of Letters and Humanities State Islamic
University Sunan Ampel Surabaya
By:
DANI ANDRIANSYAH
Reg. Number: A83211134
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES
REPRESENTATIVE AND DIRECTIVE ACT USED BY MAIN
CHARACTERS IN “THE BAYTOWN OUTLAW” MOVIE
THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for theSarjana Degree of English DepartmentFaculty of Letters andHumanities State Islamic
University Sunan Ampel Surabaya
BY
DANI ANDRIANSYAH
Reg. Number A83211134
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES
ABSTRACT
Andriansyah, Dani. 2015. Representative and Directive Act Used by Main Characters in “The Baytown Outlaw” Movie. Thesis. English Department, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Advisor: Dr. H. A. Dzo’ulMilal, M.Pd.
Key words: Conversation, Representative, Directive
Conversation is the way people to make interaction each other. In conversation, sometimes people asserting about the truth and direct somebody to get what he or she want. In linguistic, asserting the truth usually called representative and direct somebody called directive. It is the reason why the writer interests to analyze about representative and directive.
This research is intended to reveals the representative and directive act used by main characters in “The Baytown Outlaws” movie. The objective of this research are; first, for finding representative and directive used by main characters; second, the purpose of using representative and directive act that used by main characters; and the last, to explain the intended meaning of representative and directive performed by main characters.
This research used pragmatic theory by George Yule that focused on the kinds of illocutionary act that is representative and directive. The descriptive qualitative approach used in this study. The data of this research took from the conversation or dialogue used main characters in the movie.
The results of the analysis in this research are find the representative and directive that used by main characters. Every representative and directive utterances has illocutionary force on each utterances. The illocutionary force of representative that used are stating, claiming, complaining, suggesting, asserting, concluding, describing, and predicting. Then, the illocutionary force of directive are commanding, asking, permitting, requesting, begging, ordering, and entreating. The most dominant of representative is stating and the directive is asking.
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ABSTRAK
Andriansyah, Dani. 2015. Representative and Directive Act Used by Main Characters in “The Baytown Outlaw” Movie. Thesis. English Department, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Advisor: Dr. H. A. Dzo’ulMilal, M.Pd.
Kata kunci: Percakapan, Representative, Directive
Percakapan adalah cara orang untuk saling berinteraksi. Pada percakapan, terkadang orang menegaskan tentang kebenaran dan memerintah orang lain untuk mendapatkan apa yang mereka inginkan. Dalam ilmu bahasa, menegaskan kebenaran biasa disebut representative dan memerintah orang lain disebut directive. Ini adalah alas an mengapa penulis tertarik untuk menganalisa tentang representative dan directive.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan representative dan directive dari pemeran utama pada filem “The Baytown Outlaws”. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah; pertama, untuk menemukan representative dan directive yang digunakan oleh pemeran utama; kedua, tujuan dari penggunaan representative dan directive yang digunakan oleh pemeran utama; dan yang terakhir, untuk menjelaskan makna terdalam dari representative dan directive yang digunakan oleh pemeran utama.
Penelitian ini menggunakan teori pragmatics dari George Yule yang focus pada macam-macam wacana ilokusi yaitu representative dan directive. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Data dari penelitian ini diambil dari percakapan atau dialog yang digunakan oleh pemeran utama pada filem ini.
Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah menemukan representative dan directive yang digunakan oleh pemeran utama. Setiap ungkapan representative dan directive mempunyai illocutionary force. Illocutionary force dari representative yang digunakan adalah menyatakan, mengakui, mengeluh, saran, menegaskan, menyimpulkan, menggambarkan, dan memprediksi. Lalu, illocutionary force dari directive adalah memerintah, bertanya, menngizinkan, meminta, memohon, memesan, dan memohon dengan sangat. Yang paling dominan pada representative adalah menyatakan, danpada directive adalah bertanya.
1.2.Statements of The Problems ... 4
1.3.Objective of The Study ... 5
1.4.Significance of The Study ... 5
1.5.Scope and Limitation ... 6
1.6.Definition of Key Terms ... 6
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ... 8
2.1.Theoretical Framework ... 8
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2.1.6. Illocutionary Force Indicating Device (IFID)... 16
2.2.Previous Studies ... 17
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHOD ... 19
3.1.Research Design ... 19
3.2.Data and Data Source ... 19
3.3.Instrument ... 20
3.4.Technique of Data Collection ... 20
3.5.Data Analysis ... 21
CHAPTER 4 FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 22
4.1.Findings ... 22
4.1.1.Representative ... 22
4.1.1.1.The intended meaning and purpose of representative ... 25
4.1.2.Directive ... 36
4.1.2.1. The intended meaning and purpose of directive ... 38
4.2.Discussion ... 47
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION ... 49
REFERENCES ... 51
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
People cannot be separate with communication. In conducting
communication, people need a medium to express their intentions and messages. The
most appropriate medium is language since language can carry a message by
symbols. People produce language for communication into several forms such as
asking question, requesting something, blaming, thanking, etc. Through language,
people create a communication, and then an interaction will be produced
automatically (Cahyadi, P:2). Generally, if people want to deliver a message to
others, they will produce utterances in order to make grasp what the message means.
In daily activity, people often direct someone to get what they want and say
the truth of their circumstances. In linguistics studies, those things usually called
directive and representative. Yule (1996, p:47) stated that in attempting to express
themselves, people do not only produce utterances containing grammatical structures
and words, they perform action via those utterances. It means that when people direct
something, they do not need grammatical structures to get what they want from other
people because when they utter some utterance; they are also giving an act. By
understanding a little explanation before, the writer interested in analyze movie as the
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In this opportunity, the writer finds an interesting movie, which consists of
necessary data to be analyzed in this thesis. The movie that was chosen for this study
is “The Baytown Outlaws”. This movie is an action comedy movie and directed by
Barry Battles in his directorial debut, and written by Battles and Griffin Hood. This
movie is talk about three brothers who work as a payment murder. This movie was
made in 2012 and first premier in United States in January 11th, 2013.
A lot of things that made the writer interested in this movie, start from the
actors, story, and the most interesting one is the conversation or the dialogue of the
actors in the movie. They used a dialogue or conversation that very easy to hear but
still did not make the movie become monotones. Wardaugh (2006) stated that the
function of language is the tool of human communication, whether written or oral has
five basic functions expression, information, exploration, persuasion, and
entertainment. This statement is very suitable with the movie that had been chose.
The writer analyzes representatives and directives act of speech acts
classification based on the conversation and utterances of “The Baytown Outlaws”
movie actors. Representative and Directive Acts are chosen as the main theory
because the writer interested in find out illocution in the movie, because as the writer
know, there is no study that using movie as the object to finding out illocutionary
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speech act classification because those two speech act classifications are often use in
daily communication of people. That is the reason why writer want to know deeply
about assertion of someone about the truth and knowing about direction of someone
for the other people.
There are some related studies made previously. One of them is a study made
by Amelia (2008) who analyzed about “Analysis of the Function of Speech Act used
by Male and Female Preachers”. Her study aimed to find out what the differences
speech act production by male and female preachers in delivering the sermons. The
result of this study had shown that gender is the important aspect to affect speech act
production. Then, there is a study made by Winarti (2005) that analyzed about
function speech act in instant messenger chat spoken by English Department Students
of Airlangga University. This study tried to find performative verb in performative
utterance based on illocutionary act, perlocutionary act, and locutionary act features.
The study applied both theory of Austin’s and Searle’s speech act. The result is
performative utterance contained request, promise, assert, device and order. Both of
the writers before are same analyzed about the speech act by using three features of
speech act; locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary.
The writer find a study that focused on one feature of speech acts; it is made
by Farchan (2013) that analyzed about illocutionary act in Jokowi’s campaign, speech
on “Mewujudkan Jakarta Baru”. The study aimed to find out the kinds of
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find the features of illocutionary act that used by Jokowi’s campaign such as
Representatives, Declaratives, Commissives, Directives, and Expressives act.
This study is different object and different focus with Farhan’s studies.
Farhan’s (2013) object was a video political campaign of JOKOWI’s. Farhan’s
(2013) study took all of speech acts classification. This study uses the movie as the
object and the utterances of the actors. This study is very interested to analyze
because as the writer knows, there is no study which analyzing about illocutionary act
and focus on one or two classification by using the movie as the object. By this
opportunity, the writer supposes to make a new reference and new knowledge for the
reader about illocutionary act is also could analyze in the movie.
1.2.Statement of the Problem
This movie told about three brothers; Brick Oodie, McQueen Oodie, and
Lincoln Oodie, that have a criminal job, and the writer only focuses on the Brick
Oodie and McQueen Oodie when they are in a conversation each other or with other
actors. By take the conversation of those actors, the writer decides to make some
questions.
1. What are the representative and directive used by two main characters?
2. What are the purpose of those representative and directive acts performed
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3. What are the intended meanings of representatives and directives act
performed by two main characters?
1.3. Objective of the Study
Based on the problem of the study above, the writer presents the following
aims:
1. To find the representative and directive used by two main characters.
2. To find the purpose of using those representative and directive acts
performed by two main actors.
3. To find the intended meanings of representatives and directives act from
main characters in “The Baytown Outlaws” movie.
1.4. Significance of the Study
The study of analysing representatives and directives used by main character
in “The Baytown Outlaws” movie supposed to provide contribution to the students of
linguistic study as well. This study also has a purpose to explore the speech acts
classification that used in the movie, as the writer know that another writer used
drama, campaign video, or recording from reality conversation as the object. The
writer also had a purpose that this study as a new reference for new researcher. In this
study, the writer had been exploring two kinds of speech act classification,
representative and directive act, that used by Brick Oodie and McQueen Oodie
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1.5. Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study was only take illocutionary act as the field of the
theory and only focused on two classifications those are representative and directive.
The writer only focuses on two classifications because he wants to be more specific
in his study. The writer knows that a lot of writer took all of the speech acts
classification as the study and that is another reason of why this study only focuses on
two classifications. The pragmatics study will take as the main of the theories for this
study because the study of illocutionary act is also under definition of speech act.
This study also need a definition of context that is why this study also need a
pragmatics study to make this study more focus. This study focuses on the utterance
between Brick Oodie and McQueen Oodie when they are in a conversation or with
other actors. This study also limited on the illocutionary acts and speech acts
classification of representatives and directives that used by Brick Oodie and
McQueen Oodie which is including in the conversation and utterance in the movie.
1.6. Definition of Key Term
The definitions below are to give the specific terms in this study:
Speech act : Fundamental units of linguistic communication which comprise
three different levels: locutionary, illocutionary, and
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Illocutionary acts : The concept of “by saying something, we do something”, the
words, and the specific purpose of speaker (Searle, 1976).
Representative : Representative are kinds of speech acts that state or express what
speaker believes to be the case or not. (Yule, 1996, p.53)
Directive : Directive are speech act which speaker attempts to get the hearer
to do something. (Yule, 1996, p.53)
IFID : (Illocutionary Force Indicating Device) The most obvious device
for illocutionary onary force. (Yule, 1996, p.49)
Movie : A series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Theoretical Framework
The writer presents about the theory that applied for the research in this
chapter to analyze the aimed of Brick Oodie’s, McQueen Oodie’s and Lincoln
Oodie’s conversation in their movie with the entitled “The Baytown Outlaws”. The
theory that proposed by Searle (1976), he explained that there are some acts in every
utterances; it is the main theory of this study. Speech acts is the sub studies of
pragmatics. The writer also gives the definition of it to make this study more clearly
for the reader and to strengthen the analysis.
2.1.1. Pragmatics
Pragmatics is the study of the relationships between linguistic forms and the
users of those forms (Yule, 1996, p.4). Yule (1996) also stated that Pragmatics is
concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer)
and interpret by a listener (or reader). Thomas (in Farchan, 2013) stated that the
common definition of pragmatics are meaning in use and meaning in context. The
last definition about pragmatics before is emphasizing that Pragmatics agree with
the use of language in relation to the speakers and interpreters.
Yule (1996: p.3) explained more complex in his book that definition of
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speaker meaning. It means that communication needs a further analysis on what
people mean by their utterances than its literal meaning of words or phrases in
those utterances. Second, pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning. It
requires a consideration of how speaker organize what they want to say depends
on with who they are talking to, where, when, and under what circumstances.
Third, pragmatics is the investigation of invisible meaning. Fourth, pragmatics is
the study of the expression of relative distance. Therefore, how close or far the
listener is, speakers can determine how much is needed to said
The advantages of studying language via pragmatics are that one can talk
about people’s intended meaning, their assumptions, their purposes or goals, and
the kinds of action. Since there is an advantage, it will always have disadvantages.
The big disadvantage one is that these entire human concepts are extremely
difficult to analyze in a consistent and objective way.
2.1.2. Context
Brian (2006) stated that understanding of how language in context is central to
an understanding of the relationship between “what is said” and “what is
understood” in spoken and written discourse. The meaning of grammatical
utterance from the speaker could not be understood easily without knowing the
context of the situation. The context of situation of what someone says is,
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said (Brian, 2006:53). Brian also stated about what the impact of situational
context.
situational context included the physical context, the social context and the mental worlds and roles of the people involved in the interaction. Each of these impacs on what we say and how other people interpret what we say in spoken and written discourse (Brian, 2006:54).
It is not enough when someone who wants to reveal the intended meaning
only based on the speaker and the hearer. The situation when the utterance
produced is also important to be known. The writer will explain the importance of
it through the example below:
A. “Give me a fire!”
1. When the speaker who delivers the utterance in [A] is a smoker, it can be
understood that he wants anyone to help him to turn on his cigarette. In other
words, by saying that utterance, he wants to borrow matches from someone
else.
2. When the utterance in [A] is delivered by a student who failed in the daily exam
to his or her friend, it can be understood to ask for help. The helping which is
meant by the writer is not to cheat, but the helping here is to motivate the
student who failed in the exam. He asks his friend to give him motivation for
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Gee in Cahyadi (2014) states that context in writing is obviously somewhat
different from context in speech because writer and reader are not face-to-face
physically encountering each other. It means that understanding the intended
meaning of a speaker will be different understanding with a writer when they are
in writing, the reader will not see the gesture of the writer that can help the reader
to explore the intended meaning.
2.1.3. Speech Act
Speech act theory originates in Austin’s (1962) observation that while
sentence can often be used to report states of affairs, the utterance of some
sentence, Yule in Farchan (2014) stated that action performed via utterances are
generally called speech act, and in English, are commonly given more specific
labels, such as apology, complaint, compliment, invitation, promise, or request.
The theory of Speech Act would serve as a tool for analysis and evaluation of the
selected speeches in this study. The choice of Speech Act theory as the tool for
analyzing Brick Oodie’s and McQueen Oodie’s conversation is because of the fact
that they are performing some action through the use of words. Speech Act will
make the writer able to uncover the truthfulness of signs of what the Brick Oodie’s
and McQueen Oodie’s expression means when it is uttered.
There are three levels of Speech Act that introduce by Austin (1975 p.3),
those three levels are: locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act.
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themselves. Locutionary act is the actual utterance and its actual meaning (Austin,
1975).
Illocutionary act is the speaker signals an associated speech act and intended
meaning. Austin (1975) stated that speaker does something in uttering to the
hearer in context, such as; states a fact or an opinion, confirms or denies
something, apologizing, promising, requesting, and asking or commanding. For
further explanation about illocutionary act, it will be discussed in the next
subchapter.
Perlocutionary act is the actual effect of speakers’ utterance to the hearer. A
perlocution is the act that caused by the illocution to produce a certain effect or a
certain influence to the addressee. The example of perlocutionary act are:
persuading, convincing, scaring, enlighting, inspiring, or otherwise getting
someone to do or realize something, wheter intended or not (Austin, 1975, p.3).
Since this study primarily focused on the meaning and act performed of
Brick Oodie’s and McQueen Oodie’s conversation and has no purpose to find the
speech effect to the audience, this study will not use locutionary and
perlocutionary act as a other tool for analyzing the data to makes the study more
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2.1.4. Illocutionary Act
The illocutionary act is the speaker signal an associated speech act and
intende meaning (Austin, 1975). Further Austin added that illocutionary act
concept “by saying something, we do something”. From that concept, we can
conclude that someone has the illocutionary force while speaking something. The
illocutionary act is one of sublevels of speech act. Illocutionary act is the central
concept in speech act theory framework that has the function for analyzing the use
of language in a communication. Illocutionary act is the utterance of sentence by
speaker which is sent to have performed some acts Yule (1996: 232). In other
words it can be said that the speaker wants the hearer do something after hear their
utterances. The illocutionary force is “What is done in uttering the words”, the
function of the words, the specific purpose of the speaker in his utterances
(Cutting, 2002, p.16). According to Searle, the five categories of illocutionary acts
are representatives, commissives, directives, declarations and expressive (Archer,
etal, 2012, p.39). The following are the explanation of two illocutionary act
categories as the writer focused.
2.1.4.1. Representatives
Representatives are kinds of speech acts that state or express what
speaker believes to be the case or not (Yule, 1996, p.54). Searle in
Levinson (2000) stated that Representatives commit the speaker to the
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some circumstances of them. Representatives’ act involves stating,
claiming, asserting, suggesting, complaining, concluding, describing,
hypothesizing, and predicting. There is also complex definition written by
Jacob ():
“Assertions often, maybe even always, represent a subjuctive state of mind: the speaker who asserts a proposition as true does so in force of his or her belief. The belief may have different degrees of ‘force’: it makes a difference whether I postulate something or merely hypothesiz; however, the point of the speech act remains the same.”
For example: “The earth is flat”
2.1.4.2. Directives
Yule (1996, p.53) stated that directives are speech act which
speaker attempts to get the hearer to do something. The hearer will
express what the speakers’ wants. Searle in Levinson (2000) also stated
that directives are attempts by the speaker to get the addressee to do
something. Directive is use for function such as asking, ordering,
requesting, begging, commanding, pleading, praying, entreating,
permitting, and inviting. Jacob (2009, p.1015) stated clearly about
directive:
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For example: “Do not touch that” or “Could you lend me a pen, please?”
2.1.5. Direct and Indirect Speech Acts
An utterance is possible have more than one illocution. To differentiate it,
the writer decided to take direct and indirect speech-act as the sub theory. Yule
(1996, p. 54) stated that direct speech act is when there is direct relationship
between the structure and function. On the other hand, when there is indirect
relationship between the structure and the function it can be called indirect speech
act (Yule, p.55, 1996).
Thomas (in Jacob, p.113, 2004) observed, “In English, it is not usual to use
the words I invite you to perform the act of inviting”. The opinion from Levinson
is supporting what Thomas said before. Levinson (p.263, 2008) stated that most
usages (of request) are indirect. On indirect speech act, we are not observing the
structural or the functional form of the utterance; we have to take the context when
the utterance is utters. These sentences below are the example of direct and
indirect speech act.
(A)1. Move out of the way!
2. Do you have to stand in front of the TV?
3. You are standing in front of the TV.
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The basic function of all the sentences above is a command or request, but
the only sentence that use imperative structure in (A1) is represents direct speech
acts. The interrogative structure in (A2) is not being for a question, but it is also
for reminds someone to move from in front of the TV that is why the sentence
(A2) is an indirect speech acts. The declarative structure in (A3) and (A4) is also
representing as indirect speech act. We can conclude that indirect speech act is a
theory to find out the second meaning of illocution sentence.
2.1.6. Illocutionary Force Indicating Device (IFID)
Searle (1969: 30) states that illocutionary force is what illocutionary act the
speaker is performing in the utterance of the sentence. In other words, it can be say
that the illocutionary act produced by the speaker can be know from the
illocutionary force. While Yule (1996: 49) defines that illocutionary, force is a slot
for a verb that explicitly names the illocutionary act being performed. A verb can
be called a performative verb (Vp). Therefore, the device of indicating device is
performative verb. For example in the dialogue:
Him: Can I talk to Marry?
Her: No, she’s not here.
Him: I’m asking you, can I talk to her?
Her: And I’m telling you, She’s not here!
In the dialogue above, each speaker has describe, and drawn attention to, the
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that illocutionary force will help the listener to classify the illocutionary act being
performed by the speaker.
Furthermore, Searle (1969: 30) states that illocutionary force indicating
devices in English include word order, stress, intonation contour, punctuation, the
mood of the verb, and the so-called performative verbs. From that statement, it can
be seen that there are several things in illocutionary force that have to be known
before classifying the type of illocutionary acts in an utterance.
2.2. Previous studies
There are some studies conducted previously that quite helpful for this study.
The first is a study that made by Winarti with the title “A Study of Speech Acts in
Instant Messenger chat spoke by English Department studies in Airlangga University.
This study tried to find performative verb in performative utterance based on
illocutionary act, perlocutionary act, and locutionary act features. The study applied
both theory of Austin’s and Searle’s speech act. The result is performative utterance
contained request, promise, assert, device and order. The second studies that also
supported this study is made by Amelia (2008) with the title “Analysis of the
Function of Speech Act used by Male and Female Preachers”. The study aimed to
find out what the differences speech act production by male and female preachers in
delivering the sermons. The result of this study shows that gender is the important
aspect to affect speech act production. Those two studies are same used speech act as
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There is study that focused on analyzing illocutionary act. The study made by
Farhan (2013) with the title A Study of Illocutionary Act: JOKOWI’s Campaign
Speech on “Mewujudkan Jakarta Baru”. The study aimed to find out the kinds of
illocutionary features in the campaign speech of Jokowi. The result of this study is
find the features of illocutionary act that used by Jokowi’s campaign such as
Representatives, Declaratives, Commissives, Directives, and Expressives act.
The last study is almost same as the writer focused in the analyzing on the
study, that is illocutionary act, but Farhan’s (2013) study was take all of the speech
acts classification and used political campaign speech video from you-tube as the
object. On the other hand, this study used movie as the object of the study and only
focus on two kinds of speech act classification, those are representatives and
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
This part tells about how the researcher collects the data and analyzes this
study. The approach of the study will be explains in this chapter.
3.1. Research Design
In completing this study, the writer applies qualitative approach to answer
the statement of problems. According to Bodgan (1982), qualitative method is a
research procedure which observes the data which are written or spoken by
people and also includes their behaviour. The writer considers that qualitative
approach is the suitable method because some of the data taken from the
conversation transcribe of the movie and the writer does not need statistical data.
The data are transcribed from the entire conversation of the actors in “The
Baytown Outlaws” movie. Qualitative approach, as the name indicates, is an
approach that does not involve measurement or statistics (
http://webspace-.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsyqualmeth.html).
3.2. Data and Data Sources
The writer took the data from browsing in Google and downloaded it from
www.ganool.co.in/the-baytwon-outlaws-2012 website. The movie that was
chosen is “The Baytown Outlaws” movie. The Baytown Outlaws is a movie that
has 99 minutes length of duration, which consists of many dangerous and
comedy drama. The data of this study is from the two main characters when they
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actors are Brick Oodie (Clayne Crawford) and McQueen Oodie (Travis Fimmel)
because those actors are often appearing in the movie.
3.3. Instrument
The main instrument of this study is the writer himself. The writer is the
main instrument because this study made by the writer himself. All the activities
were done by the personal computer and office software.
3.4. Technique of Data collection
The writer took the data by several steps. Start from download the movie
until become a transcribe data.
1. The writer downloaded the movie from internet websites
www.ganool.co.in/the-baytown-outlaws-2012-bluray720p.
2. The first until second watching movie was for understanding the general
story of the movie.
3. The third until fifth watching movie was for transcribed the utterances of
all characters by using Orthography Transcription, that is transcribed the
correct spelling according to established usage.
4. After transcribing the utterances of all characters, the writer sorted the
transcribe data which only took the utterances of Brick Oodie and
McQueen Oodie when they are communicating each other or with other
actors.
5. Unnecessary data was deleted to avoid confusion and technical errors,
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3.5. Data analysis
In analyzing the data, the writer applied several steps. The first step is
classifying the data based on IFIDs as the device for analyzing illocutionary
act. After classifying data based on IFIDs, the writer classifies the data into
Yule’s speech acts classification of illocutionary act; those are representatives
and directives as the focus of the study. After knowing the speech acts
classification, the writer viewed the context of it to find out the aims of using
those representative and directive acts. The last step, the writer observed the
context of using those two-speech acts classifications then concluded the
purpose of using those speech acts classification by Brick Oodie and McQueen
Oodie in The Baytown Outlaws movie.
In short, the steps in analyzing the data are:
1. Categorizing every utterance or the conversation of the data based on
Yule’s representatives and directives of speech acts classification.
2. Concluding which ones that categorizedas representatives and directives of
speech acts classification.
3. Viewing the context of the data to find out the aims of those speech act
classification.
4. Viewing the context from the result of representatives and directives to
find out the intended meaning.
5. After across the whole steps, the writer concluded the findings of the
every representative and directive that used by two main actors will be discussed.
4.1.1.Representative
2.1 You ain’t gonna believe this. Stating
2.2
We got the wrong house. Oh, this shit ain't gonna turn out well. You don't listen, man! You're likeMacGruber! Godd*mnit, man!
Complaining
Scene #3
3.1
Something's gotta change! Risking our necks for no money. This some bullshit! I'm about tired of us getting fucked six ways from Sunday, you hear me? Goddang, man! I was gonna put a pool in with that money.
Complaining
Scene #4
4.1
Friends? I ain't got no friends. I've got my brothers. Got my house. My car. I've got a sexy little chica standing in front of me. But I ain't got no friends
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4.3 Lady, I'm not sure what it is you think you're doing, but
that's not exactly our line of expertise. Asserting
4.4
Yeah, I don't think saving people is really for us. You know? Why don't you take that sh*t to the cops? They'll do it for free.
Suggesting
Scene #5
5.1 Well, OK. Let me just find my missing persons report here
and I'll get you right set up. Stating
5.2 This ain’t Oodie Brothers Incorporated. Asserting
Scene #6
6.1 I mean, they ain't running a day-care centre. Asserting
6.2 Well, if he is a baby, they got baby junk up there. Predicting
6.3
Why are you asking me so many godd*mn questions, man? We just went over this! What? What do you want to know? What do you want to know?
Complaining
6.4
I am gonna say which one's Rob! How about that? I'm gonna say, "You know what, I don't want Kevin! I don't want Michael! No, I don't want Stephen!" How about that? Fucking hell, man! It's a damn simple smash and grab! We smash whoever's in front of us and we take Rob! Damn! Plain and simple!
gig out here. We can handle it. Claiming
Scene #8
8.1 Cause you are being mean! He cannot help it. Complaining
8.2 It does not matter. She sent us to get rob. We got Rob,
right? Claiming
Scene #9
9.1 Well, how about this? If I go back there, I am gonna bust
up Mac and your TV. How about that? Concluding 9.2 It is looks like Mac finally had enough. Asserting
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12.1 I do not know, but you can bet I am gonna call Celeste and
find out. Concluding
Scene #13
13.1
You see, man, when you open up something in the store, you have to pay for it. No one taught me that when I was young. I learnt that one the hard way from the cops.
Stating
Scene #14
14.1 Morning, sunshine! You know, I do not remember
crazy-*ss biker chicks being involved in our deal. Complaining
14.3
And if you lie to me again, Carlos will be the list of your worries. I already dropped five bitches. I will not hesitate to make it six.
Asserting
Scene #15
15.1 Hey. Do not worry. Do not worry, man. Ain’t nothing will
hurt Lincoln. He is OK. Stating
Uh, Let us see. Millard won’t have anything to do with us any more, `cause he can not clean up that mess with the biker chicks down at the bar. So now we cannot go back to `Bama. And all of them son of b*tches we moved down in Austin? Guess what we missed.
Concluding
17.2
We had brother who passed away before you can even remember. He was in the same situation Rob’s in. He was all buggered up, and he was in a wheelshair. Daddy beat his *ss every single day. Treated him like a dog and there is nothing we could do about it. Different!
Describing
Scene #18
18.2 What the hell is this motherf*cker? Hey, Rottweiler! You
better back the f*ck up, m*tt! Sugesting
Scene #19
19.1 I pured whiskey on it. Claiming
Scene #20
20.1 You look really familiar. Stating
20.2 Listen, I really appreciate everything you’ve done for us. I
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4.1.1.1. The Intended meaning and Purpose of Using Representative
The intended meaning and purpose of the representative that used by
main characters are interpreted in this sub-heading. The writer explains it
with take the fragment of the scene that will discussed. The writer starts
the explanation from taking the fragment of scene #1.
Fragment 1 of Scene #1
Brick Oodie : Open up!!
McQueen Oodie :It is your dog, Bro[1.1]. We have got a warrant for Hector De la Taco, so send him on out.
The intended meaning of the representative on this fragment is about
the guest. Brick Oodie and his brothers are the guest of the home that they
visit. The purpose of using representative in this scene is to inform
someone inside of home to go out and see the guest. The writer only finds
one representative in the scene #1. Another fragment of every scene that
has representative is explained below.
Fragment 1 of Scene #2
McQueen Oodie : You ain’t gonna believe this.[2.1]
Brick Oodie : Yeah?
McQueen Oodie : We got the wrong house. Oh, this sh*t ain't gonna turn out well. You don't listen, man! You're like
MacGruber![2.2] Godd*mnit, man!
On this fragment, two utterances of representatives have related each
other. The intended meaning of representative in the utterance [2.1] is
McQueen Oodie want to informing Brick Oodie that he has news that
making very shock, so the purpose of using representative in the [2.1] is to
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representative in the [2.2] is McQueen Oodie anger because of the careless
of Brick Oodie. Brick Oodie cannot find the address carefully. So the
utterance [2.2] has purpose for complaining the careless of his friend.
Fragment 1 of Scene #3
McQueen Oodie : Nothing?
Brick Oodie : Nope.
McQueen Oodie : Not even Half?
Brick Oodie : Emm-emm.
McQueen Oodie : Something's gotta change! Risking our necks for no money. This some bullsh*t! I'm about tired of us getting f*cked six ways from Sunday, you hear me? Godd*ng, man! I was gonna put a pool in with that money. [3.1]
The intended meaning of representative that used in this fragment is
McQueen Oodie gave an advice for changing the plan because the plan
that made by Brick Oodie as always failed. Therefore, this utterance has
purpose for complaining to his friend. When the representative in the
fragment of scene 2 has purpose for complaining about careless, in this
fragment is complaining to change the plan. For the fragment of scene #4,
it explained below.
Fragment 1 of Scene #4
Celeste : I'm Celeste. I was hoping to talk to you and your friends. Brick Oodie :Friends? I ain't got no friends. I've got my brothers. Got
my house. My car. I've got a sexy little chica standing in front of me. But I ain't got no friends. [4.1]
On this fragment, the intended meaning of the representative is Brick
Oodie asserted that he did not have any friend and to seduce Celeste to be
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does not have what other people want. There are two representatives more
that will explain below.
Fragment 2 of Scene #4
Celeste : Get my godson back from my ex-husband.
Brick Oodie : Lady, I'm not sure what it is you think you're doing, but that's not exactly our line of expertise. [4.2]
The representative that uttered on this fragment has intended
meaning. The intended meaning of the utterance [4.2] is he wanted to
assert that his job was not for saving people, but catched the bandit.
Therefore, the purpose of using representative in this scene is for clarify
about his job. The last fragment of scene #4 is explained below.
Fragment 3 of Scene 4
Brick Oodie : Yeah, I don't think saving people is really for us. You know? Why don't you take that shit to the cops? They'll do it for free.[4.3]
Celeste : Twenty-five thousand. Five thousand up front.
On this fragment, the intended meaning of the utterance [4.3] is he
wanted to refuse kindly that he could not accept the job, but he could give
a suggestion. Therefore, brick Oodie’s utterance has purpose for giving
suggestion. He tried to refuse and gave a suggestion. The intended
meaning and purpose of representative in the scene 5 is explains below.
Fragment 1 of Scene #5
Brick Oodie : Listen up, dipshits! This here is Celeste and she would like to give us an assload of money to kidnap her god-kid back from her deadbeat ex-husband. That about cover it?
Celeste : I guess do.
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On this fragment, the intended meaning of representative that used
by McQueen Oodie is he pretended to be a police and would write the
report of what Celeste’s want. The representative has purpose for giving
notice. He said it when his brother, Brick Oodie, offered to take a job for
saving people. The next fragment is still on the scene #5.
Fragment 2 of Scene #5
McQueen Oodie : And you think we can provide that?
Celeste : Yeah. If he was arrested, he'll just get out in 18 months and hunt me down
McQueen Oodie : This ain’t Oodie Brothers Incorporated.[5.2]
This fragment is on the scene #5. The intended meaning of this
utterance is McQueen Oodie asserting that he and his brother were not a
business group. Therefore, the purpose of using representative on this
scene is for informing someone. After explain every representative on
scene #5, the representative on scene #6 is on the below.
Fragment 1 of scene #6
McQueen Oodie : Now, I know we’ve got an address to Austin. But shouldn't she have given us like a picture of the kid or something? Brick Oodie : How many kids you reckon they got up there? I mean,
they ain't running a day-care centre. [6.1]
Brick Oodie uttered representative on the utterance [6.1] when he
answered the curious question of McQueen Oodie. The intended meaning
of the representative on this fragment is Brick Oodie predicted that a
person who he and his brother looking for was not like what McQueen
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McQueen Oodie : What if there is more than one kid?
Brick Oodie : Why are you asking me so many goddamn questions, man? We just went over this! What? What do you want to know? What do you want to know?[6.3]
McQueen Oodie : How will we know which is Rob?
Brick Oodie : I am gonna say which one's Rob! How about that? I'm gonna say, "You know what, I don't want Kevin! I don't want Michael! No, I don't want Stephen!" How about that? Fucking hell, man! It's a damn simple smash and grab! We smash whoever's in front of us and we take Rob! Damn! Plain and simple! What? Sorry, Lincoln. [6.4]
On this fragment, there are two representative that used by Brick
Oodie. The first representative [6.3] is talking about the annoyance from
Brick Oodie for the question of McQueen Oodie. The purpose of using the
representative is for complaining. The next representative is utterance
[6.4], it talks about the anger Brick Oodie, because every question by
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using representative on this scene is for describing how the way he got
Rob. The purpose of using representative on this scene is for assert how
the way they get Rob.
Fragment 1 of Scene #7
Brick Oodie : I took a job out here.[7.1]
Millard : Oh, you took a job. Well, excuse me. What was I thinking? I forgot you guys are freelance artists. So, Mr Brick what job did you take?
Brick Oodie : Look, it's not a big deal, man. All right? It is just a little gig out here. We can handle it.[7.2]
Two representative that used by Brick Oodie are in utterance [7.1]
and [7.2]. The first utterance talks about Brick Oodie has job that is not
fron the police, but by himself. The purpose of using representative on this
scene is for stating that he has job. The second utterance [7.2] talks about
he can handle the new job, so the purpose is for claiming that he can
handle the job.
Frament 1 of Scene #8
Brick Oodie : ‘Cause you are being mean! He cannot help it[8.1].
You Ok? You hurt? You Ok? He can understand us. McQueen Oodie : How the hell did you get “I’m OK” from that?
The representative on this scene has intended meaning. The intended
meaning for utterance [8.1] talks about humanity feeling of Brick Oodie
about the person who get physical defect. The purpose of using the
representative is for complaining to his brother. The next explanation is
still from scene #8.
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McQueen Oodie : It's just a little weird that she didn't mention the poor little fellow all buggered up, you know?
Brick Oodie : It does not matter. She sent us to get rob. We got Rob, right? You good, Buddy?[8.1]
This fragment of scene #8 happened when Brick Oodie annoyance
about every statement that made by McQueen Oodie and he claimed that
they have been get what Celeste want. The purpose of using representative
is for claiming that they did the job well.
Fragment 1 of Scene #9
Brick Oodie : Well, how about this? If I go back there, I am gonna bust up Mac and your TV. How about that?[9.1] Lucky : Yeah, is that a fact? What the fuck?
This fragment talks about the negotiation between Brick Oodie and
Lucky about the TV. The purpose of using representative on this scene is
for negotiating with the owner of cafe. The next explanation is also for
The representative that used in this scene is talk about the stating of
Brick Oodie about Mac. Brick Oodie stated that Mac enough for watching
blue film. The purpose of using representative on this scene is for
informed about Mac condition. The next explanation is from scene #12.
Fragment 1 of Scene #12
McQueen Oodie : That sexy bitch broke her damn heel off in my back. Whoo. What in the hell was that?
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The representative on this scene has intended meaning that is he
wanted to know what happened last morning. Brick Oodie had fighting
with a lot of street racer woman when he was in cafe. The purpose of using
the representative is asserts and angry of Brick Oodie. The next
explanation is form scene #13.
Fragment 1 of Scene #13
McQueen Oodie : You see, man, when you open up something in the store, you have to pay for it. No one taught me that when I was young. I learnt that one the hard way from the cops. [13.1]
This representative utterance happened when McQueen Oodie
brought Rob in the market to buy something to eat. The intended meaning
is McQueen Oodie telling story of his life when he was a child. The
purpose of using representative on this fragment is for giving advice to
Rob. The next explanation is from scene #14.
Fragment 1 of Scene #14
Brick Oodie : Morning, sunshine! You know, I do not remember crazy-*ss biker chicks being involved in our deal.[14.1] Celeste : I do not remember leaving Carlos alive in the deal either.
Is Rob all right?
This fragment happened when Brick Oodie called Celeste by phone
and discussed about the street racer girl. The intended meaning is Brick
Oodie wanted to complain about what he had last morning. The purpose of
using representative on this scene is for complaining. The next explanation
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Fragment 2 of Scene #14
Celeste : I will be there as soon as I can.
Brick Oodie : And if you lie to me again, Carlos will be the list of your worries. I already dropped five bitches. I will not hesitate to make it six. [14.2]
This fragment happened in the last discussion of Brick Oodie and Celeste.
The intended meaning is Brick Oodie would hit Celeste if she lies to Brick about
Rob again. The purpose of the representative is for asserting Celeste to do what
Brick Oodie wants. The next explanation is from scene #15.
Fragment 1 of Scene #15
McQueen Oodie : Hey. Do not worry. Do not worry, man. Ain’t nothing will hurt Lincoln. He is OK. [15.1]
The intended meaning for this utterance is for making Rob relax
about the Lincoln Oodie condition. Lincoln getting hurt and Rob was
afraid if Lincoln Oodie in a bad condition. The purpose of using
representative on this scene in for making Rob relaxed. The next
explanation is from scene #16.
Fragment 1 of Scene #16
Brick Oodie : We are in a world of sh*t down here. [16.1] Millard : Yeah, and now spilling over into mine.
The representative that used in this fragment has an intended
meaning about informing his friend hat he was in a bad situation because
of his job. The purpose of using representative in this utterance is for
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Fragment 2 of Scene #16
Millard : Stop! Stop! Stop! Shut up! Just shut the f*ck up! The less I know, the better. I taught you better than this!
Brick Oodie : Look, I just thought that if, you know, we could run in and do a quick. [16.2]
The representative that used by Brick Oodie in this scene has
intended meaning about stating that he could do that job as well as
possible without disturbing other people’s life. The purpose of this
representative is for assert someone to believe him. The next explanation is
from scene #17.
Fragment 1 of Scene #17
Brick Oodie : Uh, Let us see. Millard won’t have anything to do with us any more, `cause he can not clean up that mess with the biker chicks down at the bar. So now we cannot go back to `Bama. And all of them son of b*tches we moved down in Austin? Guess what we missed. [17.1]
This scene happened when Brick Oodie and McQueen Oodie in
debate about their job, they debated about the person that they missed. The
intended meaning is about the police did not want to cover them again.
Now they were doing that job by themselves, without under instruction of
the police. The purpose of this representative is for informing his brother.
The next explanation is still from scene #17.
Fragment 2 of Scene #17
McQueen Oodie : How the f*ck is it different?
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This representative on the utterance [17.2] is about the story of Brick
Oodie. The intended meaning of this representative is Brick Oodie sharing
the past story of his Old brother that had same condition with Rob’s
condition. The purpose of this representative is for clarify about the
different about his problem. The next explanation is from scene #18 which
telling about the Oodie brothers and the gangster.
Fragment 1 of Scene #18
McQueen Oodie : What the hell is this motherfucker? Hey, Rottweiler! You better back the f*ck up, m*tt! [18.1]
Gangsters : Merry Christmas, mother*uckers.
On this fragment, Oodie brothers had to face up the gangster who
wants to catch Rob. The intended meaning of representative is for chase
away the gangster. Therefore, the purpose of using representative is for
snapping the gangster.
Fragment 1 of Scene #19
Nurse : Infection is setting in. McQueen Oodie : I pured whiskey on it. [19.1]
Nurse : Let me guess, you saw that in a movie?
The representative that uttered by McQueen Oodie has intended
meaning about he wanted to treat Lincoln using whiskey on his scars. The
purpose of using it is for answer the question from the nurse about the
infection from the scars of his brother. The last explanation is from scene
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Fragment 1 of Scene #20
Brick Oodie : You look really familiar.[20.1]
Nurse : Yeah?
Brick Oodie : Yeah.
The representative that used in this scene is for stating. Brick Oodie
stated that he ever seen the nurse in somewhere, but he forgot. The
purpose of this representative is for convince that Brick Oodie ever seen
her in somewhere. The last fragment of scene #20 is explains below.
Fragment 2 of Scene #20
Brick Oodie : Listen, I really appreciate everything you’ve done for us. I can’t say that I would exactly done the same thing, so…[20.2]
Nurse : You’re welcome.
The last representative is for thanking to the nurse about the helping.
Brick Oodie realize that he cannot reply the help of the nurse in someday.
The purpose of this representative is for thanking to the nurse. Those are
All right, man! Just take a step back and take another look at our credentials! Officer McQueen, would you please show this nice young gentleman your badge?
Requesting
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3.1 Nothing? Asking
3.2 Not even Half? Asking
Scene #4
4.1 Can I help you? Asking
4.2 Come on inside and meet the boys Inviting
Scene #5
5.1 Did you happen to mention that kidnapping ain't exactly
what we do? Asking
5.4 You shut up. I’m talking to the lady. Shut up, Man! Commanding
Scene #6
6.2
Now, I know we’ve got an address to Austin. but shouldn't she have given us like a picture of the kid or something?
Asking
Scene #7
7.1 Who do you think? Asking
7.2 Do not answer that sh*t, Man. Don’t answer it. Don’t
you! Commanding
Scene #8
8.1 How the hell did you get “I’m OK” from that? Asking
Scene #9
9.1 Let us see about that. Hey, Man, Why don not you turn
that sh*t off back there for me? Asking
9.2 See, I got a minor with me. I would appreciate it if he
would not have listen to that. Begging
Scene #10
10.1 You got anything to eat back there besides the bar food
bullsh*t? Asking
10.2
Well, rustle something up, Man. I need something for the kid, please. We are in a big hurry of you do not
and her ladies, and that kid’s still waiting on his food. Ordering
Scene #12
12.1 That sexy bitch broke her damn heel off in my back.
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12.2
Rambo time. Now, you ain't gonna get me back for this later? Promise me now. ‘Cause I have got a feeling this is gonna hurt. He is taking it, Man.
14.1 All right. Why would a guy like Carlos, what would he
want to do with a kid in Rob’s condition? Asking
Scene #16
16.1 Brick! We got to go! We made the news! Inviting
Scene #17
17.1 They drew you to look like a fag. Look at that. Requesting
17.2
Hell, we ain’t got no other options either. I mean, look at us. We cannot even take care of ourselves. Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe he stands a better chance without us?
Asking
Scene #20
20.1 Crockett. That is where I’ve seen you. Small world. So
why ain’t you a nurse? Asking
20.2 what would you say if I offered you two grand to get us
to VicksburG, Mississippi? Requesting
4.1.2.1. The Intended Meaning and Purpose of Using Directive
The intended meaning and the purpose of using directive will
explain in this sub-heading. The writer explains it by taking the fragment
of every dialogue that has directive. On this movie, the writer finds 17
scenes have directive. For the first discussion, the writer starts from scene
#1 below.
Fragment 1 of Scene #1
Brick Oodie : Open up!
McQueen Oodie : It is your dog, Bro. We have got a warrant for Hector De la Taco, so send him on out. [1.1]
Bacon Street Thugs : You've got the wrong house, ese.
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Brick Oodie : This is the FBI! Why the fuck don’t you open the fucking door? Let's go![1.3]
On this fragment, there are three utterances that classified as
directive. In the utterance [1.1], the intended meaning of the utterance is
McQueen Oodie inform that he had a warrant for a person and he wanted
the person that has the name like McQueen Oodie said to go out, so, the
purpose of using that directive is for commanding people to go out. On the
other hand, in the utterance [1.2] has the purpose for asking. He was
asking about why he should worry about what the other people asking for.
The last directive in the utterance [1.3] has purpose for intimidate people
to make them scare. Brick Oodie snapping with pretend to be an FBI.
Fragment 1 of Scene #3
McQueen Oodie : Nothing? [3.1]
Brick Oodie : Nope.
McQueen Oodie : Not even Half? [3.2]
Brick Oodie : Emm-emm.
This fragment happened when McQueen ask about the commission
of their job. The intended meaning of both representative utterances is
about asking the result of their job. The purpose of two directives here is
also same for asking. The utterance [3.1] is just asking and the utterance
[3.2] is for convince the answer of asking.
Fragment 1 of Scene #4
Brick Oodie : Can I help you?[4.1]
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On this scene, the new female character is just come and her name is
Celeste. The intended meaning of the utterance [4.1] is Brick Oodie asking
and shocking wilfully. Therefore, the purpose of the directive on this
fragment is for asking to Celeste what he can help for her. Another
directive utterance in the scene #4 is explains below.
Fragment 2 of Scene #4
Brick Oodie : Yeah, I don't think saving people is really for us. You know? Why don't you take that shit to the cops? They'll do it for free.
Celeste : Twenty-five thousand. Five thousand up front. Brick Oodie : Come on inside and meet the boys. [4.2]
This fragment happened when Celeste offers that Brick Oodie would
get a lot of money if he did what Celeste wants. The intended meaning of
the utterance [4.2] is he accepted what Celeste wanted but they must
discuss with Brick Oodie brother first that is why he invite Celeste to come
inside the home. The utterance [4.2] has a purpose for inviting Celeste to
following him.
Fragment 1 of Scene #5
McQuen Oodie : Did you happen to mention that kidnapping ain't exactly what we do? [5.1]
Celeste : I was there this morning.
On this scene, the intended meaning of this utterance is McQueen
wanted to remind his brother that kidnapping is not their job. Their job
only catched the bandit and brings it to the police. So, the purpose of using
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scene, Oodie brothers did negotiate with Celeste about the commission of
the job. The next directive is still from scene #5.
Fragment 2 of Scene #5
Brick Oodie : Shut up, Man.
McQueen Oodie : You shut up. I’m talking to the lady. Shut up, Man!
[5.2]
This fragment happened when Brick Oodie and McQueen Oodie in
debate for quiet. In the utterance [5.2], the intended meaning of that
utterance is McQueen Oodie want his brother to silent because he
discussed about the job with Celeste. Therefore, the purpose of using
directive on this fragment is for commanding someone to be quiet.
Another purpose of directive is from scene #6.
Fragment 1 of Scene #6
McQueen Oodie : Now, I know we’ve got an address to Austin. But shouldn't she have given us like a picture of the kid or something? [6.1]
Brick Oodie : How many kids you reckon they got up there? I mean, they ain't running a day-care centre.
On this scene, McQueen Oodie made a lot of question that made
Brick Oodie anger. The intended meaning of representative on this scene is
McQueen Oodie curious about the address of their job. In the utterance
[6.1], the purpose of this directive utterance is for asking question. The
next purpose of directive is taking from a fragment of the scene #7.
Fragment 1 of Scene #7
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McQueen Oodie : Do not answer that sh*t, Man. Don’t answer it. Don’t you!. [7.2]
There are two directive utterances in this fragment. In the utterance
[7.1] has intended meaning about angry of someone that call him by phone
and the purpose is for asking question. On the other hand, in the utterance
[7.2] has intended meaning that is McQueen gives an advice if he answer
it, they would get a lot of problem. The purpose of utterance [7.2] is for
requesting to do not do what McQueen Oodie wants. After presenting the
directive on the scene #7, the writer explains the directive of scene #8 on
the below.
Fragment 1 of Scene #8
Brick Oodie : Hey, look, Buddy. We ain't going to hurt you, all right? Celeste sent us. You know Celeste? Huh? Yeah! There he goes! See? He understand us just fine.
McQueen Oodie : Once again, How the hell do you know what he is saying? You the tard whisperer? [8.1]
On this fragment, Brick Oodie tries to make a conversation with
other people who get physical defect. The intended meaning of the
utterance [8.1] is McQueen Oodie curious about what Brick Oodie talking
about, whereas Brick Oodie talk with someone who get physical defect.
So, the purpose of this directive utterance is for asking. The next directive
utterance takes from scene #9.
Fragment 1 of Scene #9
Brick Oodie : Let’s see about that. Hey, Man. Why don’t you turn that sh*t off back there for me? [9.1]
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On this fragment, Brick Oodie wanted the bartender to turn off the
TV because Brick Oodie brought someone who get physical defect. He
wanted someone who got the physical defect did not watch the movie on
TV. Therefore, the purpose of the directive on this fragment is for asking.
Another purpose the directive on scene #9 will explains below.
Fragment 2 of Scene #9
Brick Oodie : See, I got a minor with me. I would appreciate it if he would not have listen to that.[9.2]
Lucky : I am gonna give it a rest for a second, all right?
This fragment happened in the same situation of fragment 1 on the
scene #9. The intended meaning of the representative utterance from this
fragment is Brick Oodie inform that he brought someone who has physical
defect. The purpose of the directive on this fragment is for begging to turn
off the TV. After explained the purpose of every directive in scene #9, the
next explanation is from scene #10.
Fragment 1 of Scene #10
Brick Oodie : You got anything to eat back there besides the bar food bullsh*t? [10.1]
Lucky : I have to go get it.
Brick Oodie : Well, rustle something up, Man. I need something for the kid, please. We are in a big hurry of you do not mind. [10.2]
On this fragment, there are two directives utterance that said by
Brick Oodie. The intended meaning of the utterance [10.1] is he wanted
something to eat, that is why the utterance [10.1] has purpose for asking
