SPEECH ACT OF INFLUENCER SELF LOVE ON INSTAGRAM STATUSES

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.