SPEECH ACT IN JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S SPEECH WE BEAT FEAR WITH HOPE

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).