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An Analysis of Commissive Speech Act Used by the Main Character in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Novel
ABSTRAKSI :
Speech acts are acts that refers to the action performed by produced utterances. It is a part of pragmatic and usually being divided into requesting something, warning something, giving promise, greeting someone, apologizing to someone, and declaring something. In this research, the researcher analyzed the types of Commissive Speech Acts used by the main character in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Novel. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo novel while the data were collected from Evelyn Hugo’s dialogue in the novel. After analyzing the novel, the researcher found out that there are 75 commissive speech acts data from Evelyn Hugo’s utterances with 12 types of commissive speech acts. In general, there are 8 Commit, 10 Promise, 3 Threaten, 1 Bet, 2 Accept, 3 Vow, 1 Pledge, 2 Consent, 12 Refuse, 3 Offer, 8 Guarantee, and 22 Assure. The most used commissive speech acts of Evelyn Hugo is Assure.