I. D. A. E. Darmayanti

Directive Illocutionary Acts in The Pursuit of Happiness: A Pragmatic Analysis

This study examined the grammatical sentence forms and directive illocutionary acts found in The Pursuit of Happiness. It aimed to identify the grammatical forms used to realize directive utterances and classify the types of directive illocutionary acts found in the film’s dialogues. A qualitative descriptive method wa...