AN ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS USED IN THE HEALING POWERS OF DUDE: TELEVISION SERIES

This research discussed the directive speech acts used by all characters
in The Healing Powers of Dude Television Series, which aimed to find out the types
of directive speech acts and find out the contextual meanings of directive speech
acts used in The Healing Powers of Dude: Television Series. Using a qualitative
method, the data utilized a checklist instrument table to gather the data. The data
were analyzed by using a classification of directive speech acts theory by Allan
(1986). This research revealed the directive speech acts used in The Healing Powers
of Dude Television Series, the data occurence of each type was 66 data of the
advisory type, 50 data of requirement type, 31 data of requestive type, 9 data of
prohibitive type, and 6 data of permissive type. The contextual meaning of each
actions was also described based on the context of situation. It can be concluded
that advisory acts was dominant in a series which topic related to mental health.
Since a series which topic related to mental health contains ideas to help someone
to overcome difficulties.
Keywords: Speech Acts, Directive Speech Acts, The Healing Powers of Dude