Understanding Speech Acts According to Betty J. Birner Through Corpse Bride Movie Emily's Dialogue

Abstract

This research aims to examine Emily's dialogue in Corpse Bride movie (2005), focusing on pragmatic speech acts, locution acts, illocution acts, and perlocution acts according to Betty J. Birner (2012). This analysis aims to find out what types of speech acts are dominant and the meaning of each dialogue used by Emily in Corpse Bride 2005. The result of this research shows that most of Emily's dialogues consist of 28 data on locution, 13 data on illocution, and 12 data on perlocution. Each type of speech act gives a different meaning and purpose. The results of this study were taken from the script of a character named Emily in the Corpse Bride movie (2005).
 Keywords: Pragmatics, Betty J. Birner, Speech Act, Corpse Bride 2005