A Pragmatic Study On The Illocutionary Force Of Interrogative Sentences In “The Iron Lady” Movie Manuscript

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Happy Oktawiyantiningrum - K2209039 - Fak. KIP

This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is the manuscript of “The Iron Lady” movie. It is a British biographical film based on the life of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd. The writer found 92 interrogative sentences in this script. The data are the interrogative sentences taken from the movie script. In order to achieve the goals of this research, that is, 1) to describe the contexts of interrogative sentences that suggest its illocutionary force which couraged by the characters of “The Iron Lady” movie, 2) to explain the illocutionary force of interrogative sentences employed by the characters of “The Iron Lady” movie, the writer classifies the interrogative sentences by their illocutionary forces based on Lock?s and also Oyeleye and Ayodele?s theories. Before analyzing the movie script, the writer explains context for a better understanding about the intention wanted. The results of this research are that, 1) there are four kinds of interrogative sentence employed in “The Iron Lady” movie, that is: yes-no interrogative questions, wh- interrogative questions, tag questions, and declarative mood questions, 2) the interrogative utterances found in “The Iron Lady” movie are elicit-inform interrogative utterance, elicit-clarify interrogative utterance, elicitinform interrogative utterance, elicit-agree interrogative utterance, elicit-permit interrogative utterance, inclusive directive, and non-inclusive directive. The contribution of this research to English education are, 1) the illocutionary force of interrogative sentences can be used as a classrom instruction, and 2) the illocutionary force of interrogative sentence also can be used as a lesson material.