Abstract:
This research discussed about Speech Act President Joe Biden at UN General
Assembly on September 21, 2021 which aimed to find out the kinds of
communication function in illocutionary act and to identify the perlocutionary act
effect of contained in the speech.
This research focused on John Searle theory about classification of
illocutionary act and John L. Austin theory about perlocutionary act. Then, the data
were analyzed using descriptive-qualitative method. The researcher used speech
transcript as the instrument to find out the valid data.
This research had reveal that communication function in illocutionary act and
perlocutionary act. There were five of kinds communication function in illocutionary
speech act that President Joe Biden used in his speech which were, assertives (giving
information, remaining, assure, and statement), directives (suggesting, and
requesting), commissives (promising, offering, and pledge), expressives (express his
feelings), and declaratives (declare that United State has stop with war). The
researcher also reveal 4 sector effects and responses from the audience, which is;
pandemic Covid-19 donation, American government ended conflict in Afghanistan,
the responses of United State government to the climate crisis, and American
government continue the largest contributor to humanitarian assistance. Kinds of
communication function of illocutionary act that dominant used by the President is
assertive utterances.
