illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. The followings are the discussion of three types of acts which become the main core in human speech:
1. Locutionary act
Locutionary act is the basic act of producing a meaningful expression of an utterance. It deals with meaning of word or sentence
which is appropriate in the dictionary and principle of syntax. The locutionary act is the act of saying something Riemer, 2010:109.
From the definition above, the researcher concludes that locutionary act is the act of uttering something to the addressee
literally or it can be said that the meaning of sentence is equal with what the speaker utterance without considering to the context. Thus, in
pragmatic view, locutionary act has less important role in understanding speech act. For example, “You will get your hands
blown off”. A speaker performs the locutionary act of stating that the hearer will get their hands blown off.
2. Illocutionary act
Most people sometimes deliver an utterance with intended meaning to the addressee hearer. Illocutionary act is performed via
the communicative force of an utterance. Illocutionary act is an utterance with some kind of function in mind. Someone might utter to
make a statement, an offer, an explanation, or for other communicative purpose. This is also generally known as the illocutionary force of the
utterance Yule, 1996:48. Other definition from Hurford et al. 2007:273 said that the
illocutionary act carried out by a speaker making an utterance is the act 16
viewed in terms of the utterance’s significance within a conventional system of social interaction. One way to think about the illocutionary
act is that it reflects the intention of the speaker in making the utterance in the first place. In addition, Riemer 2010: 109 explores
that illocutionary act is the act that the speaker performs in saying something
From those definitions, it can be concluded that illocutionary act is the action of a speaker through the utterance which has an
illocutionary force, i.e. “You will get your hands blown off” performs illocutionary act of warning. The utterance has illocutionary force of a
warning, thanking, congratulating, and advising.
3. Perlocutionary act
