The Functions of Illocutionary Act Performed by the Main Characters in

b. Representative

Representative act is the type of speech act that state what the speaker believes to be the case or not. They express the speaker’s belief. Based on the analysis, there are 158 occurrences of representative act found in the movie. The forces of representative illocutionary act found in the findings are informing, asserting, explaining, arguing, predicting, guessing, reminding, reporting, agreeing, and stating an opinion. Each force of representative act is presented below. 1 Informing Informing is an act to tell someone about a particular fact or more. It can be in the form of spoken or written information. The first evidence of informing acts performed by the main character in the movie can be seen in the conversation below. The above dialogue occurred when Stan was following Zoe walking out from the subway station. Stan asked Zoe the reason of her good mood even though previously they had an argument. Zoe answered Stan’s question by informing him that there were good things happening to her. With regard to this context, since Zoe’s utterance is a statement which contains explanatory information about the reason of her good 4: 01 Stan : So, why are you in such a good mood anyway? Zoe : Not that it’s any of your business, but… good things are happening to me. Stan : That’s nice. I hope it continues. P: Zoe and Stan S: Inside the subway station, day IAS-4P10D-7aReCB mood, it is then categorized as informing. The next conversation written below also shows another informing performed by the main character. The above conversation took place when Zoe and Stan were sharing each other’s information. Stan began by telling Zoe that his family produced cheese. Zoe then asked him for further information about the cheese. As presented in the bold expression, Stan answered Zoe’s by informing her that his family had a goat farm. In relation to this context, Stan’s utterance is categorized as informing since it is a statement which contains information about his family. Another example of informing is provided as follows. The above dialogue happened when Zoe and Stan were having dinner at Gray Papaya. They were on the step of knowing each other better. Stan asked Zoe about 4: 02 Stan : Can I just give you my card? Here, take my card. I’m not a freak, really. I sell cheese. Zoe : Cheese? Stan : Yeah, my family has a goat farm. We make cheese. You like cheese? P: Zoe and Stan S: At Hudson Pet, night IAS-5P14D-14aReCB 4: 03 Stan : How about your family? Zoe : It’s just my grandmother. She lives in a retirement community in Queens. My parents died when I was young. Stan : I’m so sorry. P: Zoe and Stan S: At Gray Papaya Hot Dog, night IAS-8P25D-20bReCB