Speaker’s Intention of Directive Utterance

Prelocution : Max stops banging that against the house while frightened. Based on the explanation above, the utterance which is uttered by the speaker Kate is categorized as a command, because the speaker has high authority than the addresee and because it contains an imperative verb. 2 Request Request is an expression in which the speaker wants to do or refrain from doing. A request doesn’t assume the speaker’s control over the person addressed. 008DUR INT. MAXS BEDROOM -- NIGHT Kate tucks Max into bed. MAX : READ ME A STORY. KATE : One story. Then bedtime. Okay? Max nods. happily and picks up a book from her nightstand. Kate groans inwardly when she sees what it is. It.s called. We were Going To Have A Baby, .But We Had An Angel Instead. KATE : You want to hear about the baby again? Max nods. Kate hesitates, then gives Max a sad smile. The underlined sentence above is request which can be explained based on the locution, illocuton and perlocution. Locution : Max as the speaker said to her mother, Kate, as the addressee to read her a story. Illocution :Because it is uttered by Max to her mother, Kate. So, the intention of Max is merelly requesting in order to her mother can entertain and accompany her before sleeping. Prelocution :Kate refuses to read it early because it has been read repeatedly. But Max really wants it, then Kate read it to Max with promise merely once. Finally, Max slept some minutes later. Based on the explanation above, the utterance which is uttered by the speaker Kate is categorized as a request, because the speaker has low authority a daughter than the addresee a mother. Besides that, it also contain an imperative verb. 3 Suggestion Suggestion is the utterance in which we make the other persons to give opinion what they should or should not do. The following expression such as suggest, advice, recommend and caution. 010DUS INT.-LAWYERS OFFICE -- DAY Kate and John are being interviewed by a FEMALE LAWYER. LAWYER : Are you both employed? JOHN : Im-an architect at a firm in the city. The Lawyer turns to Kate. Kate hesitates. KATE : I used to teach music at Yale. I havent worked for about a year. LAWYER : a beat, consideringYoure sure you want an older child? - - LAWYER : With your background, you could have anewborn in as little as a year. JOHN :Wevealready waited a.long time.Wed lake a child asquickly as possible. LAWYER :Well, getting an older child-As definitely quicker, not to mention cheaper, but- theres a reason for that. These kids- have seriousbehavioral problems. JOHN : Weve already signed up for special- needs-adoption classes. Trust me, were ready for anything. LAWYER : You must have a lot of love to give. Are you looking for a boy or a girl? KATE : SMILESA girl. Wed like a little girl.- - - The underlined sentence above is suggestion which can be explained based on the locution, illocuton and perlocution. Locution : The speaker, Lawyersaid to Kate and John as the addressees that Kate and John must had a lot of love to give. Illocution : They wanted to have a child again, then she and her husband consulted to lawyer how if they adopt a child. And the lawyer suggested to them that they must had a lot of love to give if they want to adopt an older child. Because it is uttered by a lawyer to Kate and John,especially by employing the word “Must”. So, the intention of the lawyer is suggesting to think again or remind them if they want to adopt an older child remind the condition of their family. Prelocution: Kate and John discuss again, and they decide to adopt a child remind Kate really need it. Based on the explanation above, the utterance which uttered by the speaker is categorized as suggestion, because the speaker shows his opinion to addressee as her suggestion. The lawyer suggest Kate and John as the client to give alot of love if they want to adopt an older child, and they accepted. According to this condition, it is more effective for the speaker to use suggestion to experess what she wants to the addressee. 4 Warning Warn is the speaker’s utterances to tell or to inform the addresse about danger Leech, 1975: 47. In other word, it is giving notice or intimidation to someone of danger in the future. Warning may use predicate “warn”, but sometimes sentences just have intention that show warn other such the following utterance that taking of ORPHAN movie manuscript below: 040DUW INT. MAXS BEDROOM - DAY Esther and Max are giggling and playing dress-up. Clothes are strewn everywhere. Theyre both trying to look grown-up. Theyre even wearing makeup -- heavy mascara and pink, painted cheeks. Daniel walks by and sees Max putting on lipstick. He takes it away from her. DANIEL : Hey, youre not allowed to wear makeup. Does mom know you have this? ESTHER: Give it-back. DANIEL : Make me. ESTHER: Give it back or Ill tell Daddy, that you hit her and then youll be in trouble. Max smiles. Daniel-scowls at Esther, then gives Max the lipstick. He leaves. Max gives Esther a hug. Best friends forever. The underlined sentence above is warn utterances which can be explained based on the locution, illocuton and perlocution. Locution : The speaker, Esther said to Daniel as the addressee to give the lipstick back or Esther would tell Daddy that Daniel hit Max and then Daniel would be in trouble.. Illocution :Kate and Max were playing in bedroom together. They tried to use make up. Esther took a lipstick, and showed to Max how to use it. Daniel saw it, then tried to take it from Esther’s hold. Daniel warned to say it to Mother, Esther was afraid. So, Esther warned back to Daniel. Because it is uttered by a sister to her brother. So, the intention of the sister above is warning in order to Daniel give the lipstick back or she will tell the truth to Deddy that Daniel has hurt Max. Prelocution: Daniel gives back the lipstic angrily, then he leaves them in bedroom. After that Max gives a big hug to Esther for saying thanks. Based on the explanation above, the utterance which uttered by the speaker is categorized as warn, because the speaker showsa notice or intimidation to addressee of danger that if Daniel still wants to tell mother about the lipstict, Esther will tell to Daddy, if he had hurt Max.

b. Linguistic Form of Directive Utterances

This analysis is about the language form of the directive uttrances. There are three kinds of language forms in directive utterances : declarative, imperative and interogative sentence. The writer uses the theory of language form for analysing the language form of the directive utterances: 1 Declarative Sentences 008DUR INT. MAXS BEDROOM -- NIGHT Kate tucks Max into bed. MAX : READ ME A STORY. The directive utterance above belongs to the declarative sentence. The sentence above is begun with the word you functioned as common noun as the subject of the sentence but it is not written. Then followed the word read as the verb functioneded as the predicate of the sentence. The word me as common noun functioneded as the indirect object of the sentence. Meanwhile the word a as the definite article and the word story as common noun both becomes noun phrase functioneds as the direct object of the sentence. The pattern of directive utterance above is : You read me a story S P IO DO 1 Imperative Sentence 006DUC EXT. COLEMAN RESIDENCE - DAY Max is playing basketball in the driveway, but the balls too big for her and the hoops too.high. Every time she tries to shofot, the ball falls short and BANGS against the house. Kate opens-the door, angrily signing as she speaks: KATE : Stop banging that against the house Im trying-to work.. The directive utterance above belongs to the imperative sentence because it used the end sentence expressing high degree of anger or strong emotion. It intends to give command. Usually, It ends with the exlamation mark. The sentence above is begun the word You as pronoun functioned as the subject of the sentence but it is not written. Then followed the verb phrase