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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelSpeech act is very important in building and reaching the goal of a
conversation. In this study, the writer intends to analyze the speech acts in one of
Indonesian sitcom, Suami-Suami Takut Istri, because the writer saw many
interesting conversations produced in this sitcom. Here, the writer focused on the
speech act of the female main character?s, Bu RT, utterances to her male and her
female neighbors. Hence, the writer decided to use Austin?s (1962) theory of
Speech Acts to analyze the illocutionary acts, and the perlocutionary acts in this
sitcom. Moreover, she also used Searle?s (1979), Hurford and Heasley?s (1983),
Peccei (1999) and Yule?s (1996) theories on speech acts, illocutionary acts,
perlocutionary acts, and the classification of speech acts. The data were divided
into scenes based on the context and situation of Bu RT?s utterances to her male
and her female neighbors. Then, the writer identified the types of speech acts and
the classification. From her analysis, the writer found out the types of speech acts
produced by female main character was representatives, expressives, directives,
commissives, and rogatives. The writer also found the similarity and the
differences of Bu RT?s speech acts in her conversation with her male and her
female neighbors. Moreover, there was a finding that if someone failed in
delivering his or her speech act, especially the illocutionary act and the
perlocutionary act, it might cause a conflict or misunderstanding in his or her
conversation.