Abstract:
This study discussed about the speech of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the
New York Assembly on October 20, 2015. which aims to find out the types of
speech acts and to identify the functions of the illocutionary actions contained in
the speech.
This study focuses on John Searle's theory of the classification of illocutionary
actions and John L. Austin's theory. Data then analyzed using descriptivequalitative methods. The researchers used a speech transcript as an instrument to
find out valid data.
This study has revealed that there are 3 types in Speech Act. There are five
types of functions in the law of illocutionary actions used by Minister Justin
Trudeau in his speech which, stated (providing information, permanently,
ensuring, and statement), direction of promise), expressive (expressing his
feelings), and declarative (declarative).
