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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis is a study of illlocutianary acts in one
of Western television serial programs played on RCTI. The
writer analysed the conversation in four episodes based on
Hurley and Heasley in concept of illocutionary acts and
Hymes' ethnografy of speaking. Furthermore, she also catagorized
the illocutionary acts in "Baywatch".
She has found out that the illocutionary acts in
"Baywatch" are accusing, accepting, admitting, apologiz
ing, assuring, advising, challenging, complaining, condol-
ing, congratulating, complementing, giving permission,
depIoring, leave taking, mocking, offering, 5 promising, protesting,
refusing, thanking. These twenty acts could be
catagorised into two groups: direct and indirect. She also
found that the element of ethnography of speaking which
are useful in analyzing the illocutionary acts in "Bay-watch"
are participant, event, setting and topic.
The writer conclude that the illocutionary of utterances
depends on social convention and context. By taking
into account social convention and context, we can cor
rectly identify the illocutionary acts made by people.