TYPES OF SPEECH ACT USED IN “MONSTER UNIVERSITY” MOVIE

Abstract

This study is aimed to analyze and describe the types of speech act that are used in the movie “Monster University” and the reasons why the characters used those speech acts. “Monster University” is a cartoon fantasy movie about two monsters that attends the same college as rivals and eventually becomes best friends. The method applied for collecting the data is documentation method. The data used were taken from the scripts of “Monsters University” movie released on June ,2013. The data were analyzed descriptively based on Searle (1976). The steps to analyze the data started from watching the movie, reading the scripts, finding the kinds of speech acts that are used, classifying the functions of speech acts, and finding the reasons why the director of the movie used those speech acts classifications. The result showed that  the types  of speech acts that is dominant in the dialogue of the movie is the directives, because the scene that was shown performed more directives actions than commisives. The least used one is the commissives type. The reason of the characters  use  those speech acts is to show the reaction of the Monster University character, and to clarify the storyline in the scarer scene.