In data 52, the type of declarations means declaring. Steve performs an action of declaring. He declares that he is the lawyer that will help the officers when they
get problems. The intention of this illocutionary act is declaring.
4.3 Findings
There are fifty two data found in some selected articles of Discover Magazine on April edition 2013. The frequency of illocutionary acts performed in the magazine
would be drawn on the table below. It is important to know which type of illocutionary acts is the most dominant from some selected articles of the magazine
and also to know which type that does not exist. So, it would be easier to draw conclusion from the analysis.
Table 4.1: Table of Illocutionary acts frequencies
No Types of Illocutionary Acts
Frequency of Illocutionary Acts in the Articles
Percentage
1 Assretives
36 70
2 Directives
14 27
3 Commisives
1 2
4 Expressives
- 5
Declarations 1
2
Total 52
100
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The calculation from the table adduces that there are 52 fifty two findings with the classification, 36 thirty six assertive 70, 14 fourteen directives 27,
1 one commisives 2, 0 zero expressive 0, and 1 one declarations 2. From the calculation above, the assertive type is the most dominant type of
illocutionary acts performed in the magazine with the number of 70. From the findings above, there is no expressive type performed in some selected articles of
Discover Magazine.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion
After analyzing the illocutionary acts performed in some selected articles of Discover Magazine on April 2013 edition, finally comes the conclusion of the
analysis. Speech acts are the part of our daily life whether in spoken language or writing. By speaking a language, we will perform the speech acts such as giving
commands, making statements, asking questions or making promises. In other words, we can do actions or things by using the speech.
From some selected articles of Discover magazine, the problems from the previous chapter have been answered. The first question about the types of
illocutionary acts performed in the magazine has been answered with the calculation of the data 52 fifty two findings with the classification, 36 thirty six assertive
70, 14 fourteen directives 27, 1 one commisives 2, 0 zero expressive 0, and 1 one declarations 2. The second question about the intention of each
illocutionary acts performed on the magazine also has been answered with the explanation that the intention found from the magazine namely: 4 four stating, 10
ten asserting, 3 three predicting, 3 three complaining, 4 four affirming, 2 two alleging, 1 one announcing, 4 four reporting, 1 one boasting, 3 three
suggesting, 11 eleven asking, 2 two recommending, 1 one insisting, 1 one pleading, 1 one promising, and 1 one declaring.
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The third question of the problem about the most dominant type of illocutionary acts performed in the magazine from previous chapter also has been
answered. The most dominant type of illocutionary acts exist on the magazine is assertives type with the number of 36 thirty six data or 70 from the total of 52
data found in the magazine. The assertives type with the intention of asserting is the most dominant on this scientific magazine. The writer of the magazine performs
many illocutionary acts with the assertive types because there are many assertions in the form of scientific assertion to explain many subjects about the environment and
technology around the world.
5.2 Suggestion
