Abstract:
The objective of this research were to find out out the categories and its
function of speech act and describe the impact of speech act on Instagram statuses
about Self Love that used by the selected Influencer.
The result showed that there were five categories of speech act on Instagram
statuses about Self Love used by Influencer namely representative, directive,
commissive, expressive and declarative. Representative was the most dominant
type of speech act of Influencer self love on Instagram statuses. There were several
functions of each categories of speech act used by selected influencer. The function
of representative was to conveyed information, conclusion, belief and warn.
Directive to provided suggestion, questions, giving an order and beg. Commissive
to conveyed promise. Expressive to expressed thanking and complaining.
Declarative to expressed a decision. For the impact, there were 2 impact of speech
act of Influencer self love on Instagram statuses namely positive and negative
impact. Positive impact divided into motivated and made happy. Negative impact
divided into felt furious and felt disappointed. In Account @tessholliday the
researcher did not found the negative impact and the most dominant impact of
speech act of Influencer self love on Instagram statuses was positive impact.
