SPEECH ACTS IN JOE BIDEN SPEECH BUILD BACK BETTER WORLD AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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.