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Expressive Speech Act in the Movie Script of Bridgerton
This research aimed to find out the types of expressive speech acts in the movie script of Bridgerton. This research applied a descriptive gualitative method. The researcher used note-taking as an instrument to find out data about expressive speech acts in the movie script Bridgerton. The object of this research is the Bridgerton movie. The data was collected by watching movies and reading the script to get information about the speech act used by all the characters in movie Bridgerton. The data of this research are all utterances spoken by all characters in the movie Bridgerton which contain expressive speech acts. The data were classified according to the type of expressive speech acts according to Searle's theory. Based on the data, The results showed that there were six types of expressive speech acts, such as expressive for thanking 2 data, expressive for apologizing 7 data, expressive congratulation 2 data, expressive greeting 6 data, expression of wishing 2 data, and attitude expression 3 data. Expressive to apologize is more freguently used by all characters.
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