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is because Jack and Rose use some intentions in their conversations. It makes the viewers of the movie cannot catch the messages of the movie clearly.
However, it is difficult enough to understand certain utterances of Jack and Rose without relating them to the other aspects. In other words, when the viewers
need to understand certain utterances, they have to look at the entire aspects of the text. It means that the viewers have also to look at the situation who, when, where
and to whom the utterances are used. In Linguistics, those aspects are called as context. So, one expression will be interpreted differently in different context. The
problems found are: 1.
There are unconnected utterances uttered by Jack and Rose, but their conversations progress.
2. Jack and Rose tend to use some intentions in their dialogues.
Those two problems above are necessary to state in order to set the goal of the study.
1.4 The Goals of the Study
The study is concerned with the analysis of illocutionary acts in Titanic movie, so it is designed to achieve two points:
1. To analyze the types of illocutionary act uttered by Jack and Rose by using
speech act theory. 2.
To find the communicative intention of the main characters in Titanic movie, in order to make the writer and other viewers understand what Jack
and Rose really mean in their utterances.
1.5 The Research Questions
By stating research questions, the writer knows how to focus on the problems of this research. The questions are:
1. What are the types of illocutionary act used by Jack and Rose in Titanic
movie?
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2. What are the purposes or the communicative intention of Jack and Rose’s
illocutionary acts?
1.6 The Scope of the Study
The general area of this study is Pragmatics. The discussion will be limited because it is quite difficult to analyze all aspects of pragmatics. As the title
suggests, this study will concern with the illocutionary acts on Titanic movie. Some interpretations made by Jack and Rose, the main characters in the movie,
will be the focus of the discussion. The use of speech acts theory would help the viewers or readers in understanding the interpretations and catching the purposes
of Jack and Rose’s utterances.
1.7 The Significance of the Study
The results of this study are expected to be useful as the additional knowledge in Pragmatics study for the researcher, the readers, the students and the
lecturers of English Department. Besides, the results of this study are also expected to give the explanation about how to analyze the interpretations of Jack
and Rose’s utterances in Titanic movie. For the next researchers who are interested in doing the similar research, the results of this study can be a reference
to comprehend more about speech acts theory, especially on illocutionary act.
1.8 The Organization of the Study
This study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one is introduction. The explanation of background of the study, the research topic, the problems, the
goals, the research questions, the scope, the significance and the organization of the study are given in this chapter. The second chapter consists of the review on
the related literatures such as the previous studies, pragmatics, the context, speech acts, and the types of illocutionary act. Next, chapter three is research
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methodology that consists of the type of research, research strategy, data collection, data processing, and data analysis. Then, the results and discussion will
be explained in chapter four. At last, a conclusion of the study is given in chapter five.
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CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
