Speech Acts Analysis of the Utterances in the Game of Thrones
Keywords:
Game of Thrones, utterances of characters, illocutionary, locutionary, perlocutionary, speech acts
Abstract
Understanding how speech acts works in conversation is significant. A positiveexpression may be deemed an insult depending on the shared background knowledgeof the interlocutors. Thus, this study aimed to identify the speech acts embedded in theutterances of the characters of the Game of Thrones. A descriptive qualitative research wasused employing speech acts theory as a guide for analysis. The locutionary acts found in theutterances dominantly indicated a fall intonation contour despite the change of intentionof the speaker which indicates that the characters are conscious of the utterance, arearistocrats and are educated who know how to hold their temper in worst circumstances.The illocutionary acts in the utterances are dominantly assertive, followed by commissive,directive, expressive, and declarative. This implies that the characters of the Game of Thronesoften express a statement of either fact or opinion and less of a declaration. The actualperceived perlocutionary acts are dependent on the interpretation of the interlocutors inthe utterances of the characters. These findings revealed that the discourse elements of theGame of Thrones resemble daily communicative acts of actual interactions.References
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character in Shrek movie script analysis
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(Doctoral dissertation, University of
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act analysis to the utterances of the
animated cartoon series: The Adventures
of Tintin. Zanco Journal of Humanity
Sciences, 23(4), 322-341.
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Conversations. The Journal of Cavellian
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Technology, Identity, University of Otago,
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successful communication? Investigating
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in management. Journal of Emerging
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(JEIEFB), 4(2).
Searle, J. R. (1969). Speech act theory. Cambridge
UP.
Vilaplana, E. E. (2014). Phonological models
of intonational description of English.
Readings in English phonetics and
phonology, 1, 231.
Wells, J. C. (1995). Computer-coding the IPA:
A proposed extension of SAMPA. Revised
draft, 4(28).
Xu, L. (2015). Using speech-act theory as a
means of analysing the phenomenon and
essence of “dirty talks” in sports. English
Linguistics Research, 4(1), 14.
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2021-01-01
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