supposed to go, babe”. Here, Chris tries not to answer Taya’s question because he doesn’t want his wife to be sorry about what Chris does.
3. Commissives
Commissives commit the speaker to some future action: promise, vow, offer, undertake, contract, and threaten.
Oh fuck this. I’m gonna go clear houses with Marines. IA-7 The utterance includes in the type of illocutionary act
“Commissive” because it commits the speaker to some future action. Here, Chris wants to join with his guys to clear the houses because at
the top of the building, Chris is not able to see the target clearly. They are looking for the bad guys in the building.
4. Expressives
Expressives make known the speaker’ psychological attitude to a presupposed state of affairs: thank, congratulate, condole, praise,
blame, forgive, pardon. Yeah, I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry IA-11
The utterance includes in the type of illocutionary act “Expressive” because when Taya is waiting for him in the airport. She
feels very glad when meeting him again. When Taya asks to him, “I thought you were dead” then, Chris answers, “Yeah, I know. I’m sorry.
I’m sorry”. This utterance means that Chris feels very sorry to her because he has made Taya feel worried about what Chris is doing now.
Chris also feels sorry to her because he is not at home when she needs him in her side. The utterance which indicates expressive type is
“Yeah, I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry” In this research, there were four functions of illocutionary act used
by the main character. Those were competitive, convivial, collaborative, and conflictive. To know the functions, the researcher used Leech’s theory
1993:104 proposed illocutionary act according to its functions in social purposes.
1. Competitive aims at competing with the social purposes, such as
ordering, asking, demanding, and begging. It is intended to produce some effects through action by the hearer.
Moving. Get down Get down on the ground right now Get your fucking ass down IA-8
The utterance includes in the type of illocutionary act “Directive” because when Chris and his guys are looking for the bad
guys in house to house, they are still finding a family living in the house where the war occurs. They directly evacuate the family. Chris
asks to his guys to get down the man father because he doesn’t want anyone to live in the war area. The utterance which indicates directive
type is “Get down Get down on the ground right now” This utterance includes in competitive function to make an effect on the hearer.
2. Convivial aims in compliance with the social purposes, for instance
