A STUDY OF EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACT USED

BY THE CHARACTERS IN “ORPHAN” MOVIE

SCRIPT

A THESIS

DINA MARIANI SIREGAR

140705006
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN
2018
 CHAPTER I
1.1. Background of the Study

PRAGMATIC
S

EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACT

 PRAGMATICS

Pragmatics as a study of the way humans use

their language in communication, based itself
this study to determines how the affect that
used by human language.
A study of pragmatics is also to understanding
of how the human mind works and how
humans communicate.
 SPEECH ACT

Speech act is an action that

performed by an utterance. When
someone expresses something, he/she
doesn’t only produce the utterances that
contained grammatical structures and
words, but he/she also performs an
action through the utterances.
 EXPRESSIVE

Expressive is define as expressing

the state of mind, the attitudes, and also
the feelings of speaker. The expressive
often used by people in producing the
utterance to communicate in their daily
life.
1.2. Problem of the Study

What kinds of expressives speech

act are found in “Orphan” movie
script ?

Which the most dominant of

expressives speech act is used by the
characters in “Orphan” movie
script?
 1.3. Objectives of the Study

1. To find out the kinds of expressive

speech acts that found in “Orphan”
movie script.
2. To identify the most dominant of
expressive speech acts that used by
the main characters in “Orphan”
movie script.
 1.4. Scope of the Study

In this research, I’ll limit the study to

make be more focus when analyze the
data. It will be focus on the expressives
speech act. The data will classified based
on Searle’s theory.
1.5. Significance of the Study

1. The Lecturer

2. Students

3. The reader
 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE

EXPRESSIVES OF EXPRESSIVES OF
CONGRATULATING GREETING

EXPRESSIVES
EXPRESSIVES OF
OF
WISHING
APOLOGIZING

KINDS OF
EXPRESSIVES EXPRESSIV EXPRESSIVES OF
OF THANKING E SPEECH ATTITUDES
ACT
 Expressives of Thanking

Expressive of thanking is a kind of utterance

that will be expressed by someone to show that the
way people being grateful for something that
someone has been done.

For example : 
“Thank you for your suggestion”.
 Expressives of Apologizing

Expressive of apologizing is a kind of utterance

that will be expressed by speaker, when feel regret
to something that happened.

For example:
“I really apologize for that”.
 Expressives of Congratulating

Expressive of congratulating is a kind of utterance

that will be expressed shows by speaker, when
feel sympathy toward what has been happening to
the hearer including the feeling of pleasure toward
the hearer’s luck.

For example:
“I’d like to say congratulate for your success”.
 Expressives of Greeting

Expressive of greeting is a kind of utterance that

will be expressed by speaker to show an expression
of welcoming and an act of greeting by the speaker
to the hearer.

For example :

“Good Morning…”

“ How are you?”

 Expressives of Wishing

Expressive of wishing is a kind of utterance

that expressed by speaker to show an expression
of desire or wants to expect it becomes reality.
The speaker wants to express what he/she hopes
to be come true as what he is expected.

For example:
“I wish I had a better chance”.
 Expressives of Attitude

Expressive of attitudes is a kind of utterance that

expressed by speaker to show an expression of
criticizing. In this case, expressive of attitudes is
about complaining or express the feeling of disagree
or dislike with the listener’s attitude.

For example:
“I think, that’s not good for you…”.
 Relevant Studies

1. M. Haryadi Syahputra (2015) entitled An

Analysis Of Expressive Illocutionary Acts In
The Oprah Winfrey Show: A Pragmatic Study.

2. Ulin Nafi’ah (2015) entitled Expressive Speech

Act In The Harry Potter And Chamber Of
Secret Movie Script.

3. Novitri Wahyuni (2008) entitled Expressive

Illocutionary Acts In Jane Austen’s Mansfield
Park : A Pragmatic.
 CHAPTER III
METHOD OF RESEARCH

3.1. Research Design

The research used qualitative method and
the data will analyzed descriptively. The
descriptive qualitative does not use the numeral
or the statistic procedures in analyzing the data,
but the writer analyzing the data descriptively.
 3.2. Source of Data

This research using the movie script as the

source of data. The data were taken from the
dialogue or conversation among all characters
in Orphan movie script.
3.3. Technique of Collecting Data

In this thesis, There are some steps in collecting

data:

1. Downloading the script of Orphan movie from

internet.
2. Reading the script of Orphan movie.
3. Collecting and classifying the data based on
Searle’s theory.
4. Making the table from the data which contains
expressives speech act.
3.4 Technique of Analyzing Data

In analyzing the data, this thesis has some

steps :

 The writer identified the data which collected.

 The writer categorized the data into the kinds of
expressive speech act.
 The writer described and analyzed the utterances.
 Present the data in the percentage form, to count
the percentage of data.
 CHAPTER IV
FINDING AND ANALYSIS
4.1.1 Expressives of Thanking
Below is an utterances containing expressives of thanking found in
“Orphan” movie script:

NO. UTTERANCES

1. Yolanda : Thank you. (Page 10)

2. Esther : Thank you. My name is Esther. What's yours? (Page

12)
3. Esther : Thank you. You smell nice. (Page 14)

4. Kate : Thank you so much for all your help. (Page 15)

5. John : Hi, Mont. Thanks for watching them. (Page 23)

6. Esther : This is perfect! Thank you! (Page 28)

7. John : Thanks God. (Page 66)

8. Kate : Thanks for the support back there. (Page 68)

4.1.2 Expressives of Apologizing
Below is an utterances containing expressives of apologizing found in
“Orphan” movie script:

NO. UTTERANCES
1. Nurse : We’re so sorry. A terrible loss, we’re so sorry…(Page
1)
2. Kate : No, I’m sorry. But just take a break for a little while.
(Page 5)
3. Kate : I’m sorry. I can’t. (Page 7)
4. Sister Abigail : I’m sorry Esther, they don’t have time for you.
(Page 14)
5. John : Sorry, I’ve got that stuck in my head now. (Page 15)
6. Sister Abigail : I’m sorry. I’m trying to discourage you. (Page
20)
7. Kate : I’m sorry. I’ll take them back and pick some just for
you. (Page 25)
NO. UTTERANCES

8. Kate : I’m sorry. They slipped out at church. (Page 34)

9. Esther : I’m sorry, sir. (Page 50)

10. John : I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about it. (Page 55)

11. John : I’m sorry. (Page 84)

12. Sister Judith : I’m sorry.. (Page 89)

13. Esther : I’m sorry, sir. I just want to be as pretty for you as she
is. (Page 104)
4.1.3 Expressives of Congratulating
Below is an utterances containing expressives of congratulating found
in “Orphan” movie script:

NO. UTTERANCES

1. John : It’s okey, honey! You’re doing great! (Page 2)

2. Nurse : Congratulations, Mrs. Coleman. It’s a girl. (Page 2)

3. John : You’ve got a real talent on your hands here. (Page 14)

4. Sister Abigail : Yes, we’re very lucky to have her. (Page 14)
4.1.4 Expressives of Greeting
Below is an utterances containing expressives of greeting found in
“Orphan” movie script:

NO. UTTERANCES

1. John : Hi there… (Page 11)

2. John : It’s nice to meet you (Page 12)

3. John : Hey, I’d like you to meet someone. (Page 13)

4. Kate : It was nice meeting you. (Page 14)

5. Esther : Come on! Let’s go! (Page 21)

6. Esther : Hello, Max. My name is Esther (Page 22)

NO. UTTERANCES

7. Doris : How precious! It’s a pleasure to meet you. (Page 23)

8. Esther : Hello, Daniel.. (Page 23)

9. Kate : Come in. (Page 32)

10. Sister Abigail : Hello, Esther.. (Page 45)

11. Esther : It was nice talking to you, Alice. (Page 66)

12. Esther : Hello, darling.. (Page 103)

4.1.5 Expressives of Wishing
Below is an utterances containing expressives of wishing found in
“Orphan” movie script:
NO. UTTERANCES

1. John : I just wish.. You’re never going to lose us. I promise

you. (Page 7)

2. John : We wanted a child a year ago and we still want one now.
(Page 8)

3. John : I wish you could have heard the things she was saying.
(Page 15)
4. John : I just hope she gets the right break. (Page 16)

5. John : I want us to feel like a family again. (Page 18)

6. Sister Abigail : I wish I knew. (Page 20)

7. Esther : I wanted to do something special for you. (Page 104)

4.1.6 Expressives of Attitudes
Below is an utterances containing expressives of attitudes found in
“Orphan” movie script:
NO. UTTERANCES

1. John : That’s not true. The kids understand. (Page 7)

2. Kate : You don’t just adopt a child because you’re lonely and
depressed. (Page 8)

3. Esther : I don’t like playing with the other girls. I’m different.
(Page 13)

4. John : I think we can handle that. (Page 19)

5. Kate : It’s okay sweetie… I understand. (Page 35)

6. Esther : That’s not true! We were just playing. I swear! (Page

42)

7. Kate : That’s no problem. (Page 45)

NO. UTTERANCES

8. Sister Abigail : That’s one good-looking family you’ve got.

(Page 45)

9. Esther : Well, I think it’s immodest. (Page 51)

10. John : I didn’t say he’s lying. I just think he’s blowing it out of
proportion. (Page 54)

11. John : That’s not true. I’ve had to deal with her. (Page 54)

12. Kate : That’s not fair. (Page 56)

13. Sister Abigail : Now, I think that may have been a mistake.
(Page 58)

14. Sister Abigail : That’s true, I don’t. (Page 59)

15. Esther : That doesn’t matter. They’ll send you to jail. (Page 63)
NO. UTTERANCES

16. Kate : I still think Doctor Browning could have missed

something. (Page 70)

17. John : That’s not true. I’m just worried about you, that’s all.
(Page 71)
18. John : That’s not true. Mommy loves you. (Page 75)

19. Esther : That’s a wonderful idea. I think I know just what I’m
going to do. (Page 75)
20. John : That’s not enough anymore. (Page 84)
The Percentage of Expressives Speech Act
In this thesis, the writer used Nawawi’s formula to count the
percentage the data of each kinds of expressives speech act. This is the
result :
NO. Kinds of Expressives Speech Act Frequency of The Percentage
Occurrence (%)
1. Expressives of Thanking 8 12,5

2. Expressives of Apologizing 13 20,3

3. Expressives of Congratulating 4 6,2

4. Expressives of Greeting 12 18,7

5. Expressives of Wishing 7 11,1

6. Expressives of Attitudes 20 31,2

Total Expressives Speech Act 64 100

 CHAPTER V
Conclusion and Suggestion

5.1. Conclusion

Based on the research finding, there are 64

utterances of expressives that found in “Orphan” movie
script. There are six kinds of expressives speech act.
They are expressives of thanking, expressives of
apologizing, expressives of congratulating, expressives
of greeting, expressive of wishing, and expressives of
attitudes.
5.2. Suggestion
In analyzing expressives speech act based on
Searle’s theory, the writer would like to suggest the
readers to understand about expressives speech act. The
reader should be know about all the kinds of
expressives speech act.
THANK YOU 