Analysis of Illocutionary Speech Acts in Yoon Suk Yeol’s Victory Speech

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10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_33How to use a DOI?

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Contextual speech situation; illocutionary; speech acts; victory speech

Abstract

The president’s speech is an important form of political communication in conveying government policies and vision to the public. Since various illocutionary speech acts in a presidential speech are usually used to achieve specific communicative goals, it is interesting to examine illocutionary speech acts in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s victory speech. This research employs a descriptive qualitative method and Searle’s (1979) speech act to analyze President Yoon Suk Yeol’s victory speech concerning the types of illocutionary speech acts and the contextual speech situation used by the president in his first speech. The data were in the form of videos taken from the KBS News and Arirang News YouTube channels. The findings reveal that the speech contains various types of illocutionary speech acts, including expressive, assertive, and commissive acts. Specifically, there are three assertive speech acts, two directive speech acts, three commissive speech acts, and eight expressive speech acts in the speech. The President expresses gratitude, joy, confidence, and commitment to the public and those involved in his campaign. Although no declarative illocutionary act was used in the speech, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s victory speech reflects the use of diverse illocutionary speech acts to communicate with the public.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jayanti Megasari
AU  - Dinda Trisiana
AU  - Driyanggi Driamatoga Gultom
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/26
TI  - Analysis of Illocutionary Speech Acts in Yoon Suk Yeol’s Victory Speech
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 253
EP  - 259
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_33
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_33
ID  - Megasari2024
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