Data Collection An Analysis Of Expressive Illocutionary Acts In The Oprah Winfrey Show

2 Expressives for Apologize Apologizing is an expression of regret. It can be defined as the speaker to defend, explain, clear away or make excuses for by reasoning. Some related terms of apologizing are: alibi out of, plead guilty, lie out of, excuse, do penance, and so on. But there is no expressives for apologize found in Oprah Winfrey Show. No Utterances - - 3 Expressives for congratulation Congratulation is expression of pleasure and best wishes on the occasion of another’s good fortune or success. Congratulating, applauding and condoling kinds of expressives for congratulating. Those show the speaker’s sympathy toward what has been happening to the hearer’s luck, applauding expresses the feeling of honor toward hearer’s ability or toward something good, while condoling express the feeling of compassion toward the hearer’s sadness. Below the data of congratilationexpressives found in Oprah Winfrey Show 10032010: No Utterances 1 Winfrey: … it was beautiful. Scotland is beautiful. 18 2 Rowling: It’s stunning. Yeah, it’s stunning. 19 3 Winfrey: And the greener is greener than anything I’ve ever seen other Ireland. 20 4 Rowling: It was huge. 26 5 Rowling: Well, that’s a really good question … 34 6 Winfrey: That’s such a great analogy. 43 7 Rowling: This felt so extravagant 102 8 Rowling: Yeah, it was, yeah. You’re good. 155 9 Winfrey: I was going to say, you’re doing well 208 10 Rowling: well, exactly, but you’re quite good at this, you know? 211 11 Rowling: It’s such a huge … 239 12 Winfrey: You became a Beatle 270 13 Winfrey: That is pretty good. 272 14 Winfrey: That so much fun, Jo. That was really fun. 274 4 Expressives for Greetings Greeting is an expression of welcoming. The speaker action of giving a sign of welcoming or recognizing to the hearer. But there is no expressives for greetings found in Oprah Winfrey Show. The host never say any greeting utterance to the guest during the show. The show starts from introductory video clip by Winfrey with Rowling sitting next her. No Utterances _ _ 5 Expressives of Wishes Wishing is an expression of a desire or hope for something to happen. The speaker’s desire and wants in order to expect it becomes reality. Below the data of expressives of wishes found in Oprah Winfrey Show 10032010: No Utterances 1 Rowling: … I just wanted the last words to be ‘all is well’. 34 2 Rowling: I really hope so. I’m very frustrated by fear of imagination. That’s – I don’t think that’s healty. 81 3 Rowling: … and I hope this gives hope to all single women out there … 167 4 Rowling: Really? I hope – I hope I – that sounds good. 110 6 Expressives for Attitudes Expressives for attitudes has the less value of polite principle, because criticizing, complaining and deprecating express the feeling of disagree or dislike with the hearer’s attitude. Those expect the hearer to mull over the speaker’s utterance. Below the data of expressives for attitudes found in Oprah Winfrey Show 10032010: No Utterances 1 Rowling: Yeah, not for too long. 13 2 Rowling: No – it hasn’t held me back, has it? Clearly not held me back. 17 3 Winfrey: I can’t imagine. 27 4 Rowling: … It was uncontrollable and I’m not big crier… 30 5 Rowling: … ‘my God, this is crazy’ I couldn’t turn to anyone… 44 6 Rowling: No, no. I’m not pushing any belief system here, although there is a lot of Christian imagery in the books… 85