e-Journal of Linguistics Available online at https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eol/index Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2023, pages: 44--54 Print ISSN: 2541-5514 Online ISSN: 2442-7586 https://doi.org/10.24843/e-jl.2023.v17.i01.p06 44 Expressive Illocutionary Act in the Little Mermaid 1989 Movie 1 Ni Kadek Dian Trisnawati Mahasaraswati Denpasar University, Bali, Indonesia, nikadekdiantrisnawati@gmail.com 2 Desak Putu Eka Pratiwi Mahasaraswati Denpasar University, Bali, Indonesia, desak.eka.pratiwi@gmail.com 3 I Putu Andri Permana Mahasaraswati Denpasar University, Bali, Indonesia, andripermana@unmas.ac.id Article info Abstract* Received Date: 9 Mei 2022 Accepted Date: 30 Mei 2022 Published Date: 31 January 2023 Keywords:* expressive, illocutionary act, context of situation, movie This article discusses about expressive illocutionary act in The Little Mermaid 1989 Movie. This article analyzing the data used descriptive qualitative method. The aims of this article are to identify the types of expressive illocutionary act and the context of situation in the movie. This article used theory by Searle (1979) to identify the types of expressive illocutionary act and theory by Halliday and Hasan (1985) to analyze the context of situation. The result of this article showed 22 utterances which are produced by the characters. 1. Introduction Language is a form that shall allow people to communicate their thoughts and feelings to one another. Noises, symbols such as written or spoken words, postures, gestures, or signs can all be used to transmit feeling and thought, with the receiver interpreting a specific meaning (Day Translations, 2018). Language is used by humans to communicate. The process of receiving and transmitting messages using verbal or nonverbal means, such as speaking, oral, writing, charts, signs, signals, and actions, is known as communication (Nordquist, 2019). In the study of language, pragmatics concern how language is used among people in context. According to Yule (1996) the significance of studying language through pragmatics is that one can discuss people’s intended meanings, their two presuppositions, their aims or goals, and the types of action they are showing when they speak. However, each has their own style of expressing their beliefs, which can often be expressed through speech act. A speech act is something that is said with the aim of not only informing but also showing something. According to Austin (1962: 94) speech act is explained by saying something is also to do something. That means, when the speaker says something, it is more than just uttering words; the utterance also has the intent to perform acts. Austin also divided speech act into three kinds. They are locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. Locutionary act is an act of saying something that occurs when the speaker and the hearer convers. Illocutionary act is an act performed in the utterances of the speaker that might cause the hearer to do something. Perlocutionary act is an act that is the hearer performed after hearing to the speaker utterance in certain context. According to Searle (1979: viii) the