EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS IN GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO MOVIE (2022)
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https://doi.org/10.52657/js.v12i2.3785Keywords:
Expressive Speech Acts, Pinocchio, Speech ActsAbstract
This study analyzes the types and strategies of expressive speech acts in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022). Using qualitative descriptive method, the research analyzes dialogue containing expressive speech acts based on Searle’s (1979) speech act theory, Norrick’s (1978) classification of expressive speech acts, and Wijana’s (1996) speech act strategies. The findings identify 52 expressive speech acts, including thanking, apologizing, condoling, deploring, welcoming, boasting, lamenting, forgiving, and wishing. The characters employ literal direct, nonliteral direct, literal indirect, and nonliteral indirect strategies, demonstrating how expressive speech acts convey emotions, develop characters, and support the movie’s narrative.
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