A SPEECH ACT ANALYSIS OF GOVERNOR DAPO ABIODUN INAUGURAL SPEECH
Abstract
Abstract
Speech act is a part of pragmatic where there are certain aims beyond the words or phrases when a speaker says something. Speech act are acts that refers to the action performed by produced utterances. People can perform an action by saying something. This action could make the listeners easier to know what the speaker intended to convey. The purpose of this research was to analyze the types of speech act used in Gov. Dapo Abiodun inaugural speech. The researcher used those speech as data. The result of the research revealed that the aspect of speech act used in Gov. Dapo Abiodun inaugural speech analyzed by the researcher were: Locutionary act, Illocutionary act and Perlocutionary act. From those three aspects analyzed by the researcher, illocutionary acts was the most often used in the speech.
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