Desya Kurnia Saputri, 0203520033 (2023) THE COMPARISON OF EXPRESSIVE ACTS BETWEEN EMILY’S AND GABRIEL’S IN THE “EMILY IN PARIS” MOVIE SERIES. Under Graduates thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG.

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Abstract

This study aims to compare Emily as a native English speaker and Gabriel as a non-native English speaker by using the types of expressive speech acts in the Emily In Paris movie series to see their similarities and differences. This research uses a qualitative method. The data is a transcript of data from the film Emily in Paris, and the data are taken from the script, then classifies according to Searle's theory and Hymens' types of expressive acts. Data were analyzed using eleven types of expressive act instruments based on Searle, (1976), namely: thanking, apologizing, congratulating, greeting, wishing, attitude, condoling, blaming, praising, and forgiving, classified by their (IFIDs). The data were analyzed by identifying the types of expressive acts, classifying, comparing, interpreting, and concluding. The results of the study show that there are 138 expressive utterances found in the film Emily in Paris, Emily (100), and Gabriel (35). This study found four similarities; Both of them dominantly presented two types of expressive acts such as praising and wishing. Both dominant presented expressive acts explicitly because they always said directly and clearly what they mean. For praising and wishing, they did not present implicitly. Three differences were; Emily presented more expressive acts (100), while Gabriel only (35). In the praising type, the characters Emily and Gabriel were always showing complementary statements to their friends.The most similarity lies in praising and apologizing which were the types most often used by them. Emily uses the act of praising (19) while Gabriel uses the act of praising (11), both tend to implicitly present expressive acts.

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