Indah Yuliarti, 0203517096 (2021) Fulfilling the Felicity Conditions of Representative Act in Winfrey’s Speech Learn from Every Mistake. Masters thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study was about fulfilling the felicity conditions of the representative act in Winfrey's speech learn from every mistake. This research analyzed each utterance of Winfrey's speech entitled Learn from every mistake. Each statement is categorized based on five types of speech acts. Then, the felicity was analyzed based on Searle's theory of Felicity Conditions. This study was a qualitative case study. The subject of this research was Winfrey's speech entitled Learn from every mistake. The video was published on YouTube on 18th May 2019. The findings showed that all the utterances in the representative act fulfilled the preparatory conditions. Related to the propositional content condition, the statements in the representative acts were also felicitous. Then in sincerity condition, the sincerity condition in all utterances in Winfrey's speech entitled Learn from every mistake was felicitous. The consideration came when the statements were in a joke. It meant that the speaker did not sincerely utter the utterances. But there was a note that the statements in a joke were felicitous that both the speaker and the hearers understood that the statement was a joke. The last conclusion was in the essential condition. Based on the analysis, all of the utterances in the representative act in Winfrey's speech entitled Learn from every mistake were felicitous in essential condition.

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