AN ANALYSIS OF PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCES AS FOUND IN DA VINCI CODE NOVEL BY DAN BROWN Fatri Ariko 1 , Nova Rina 2 , Havid Ardi 3 1 Student of English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Bung Hatta University E-Mail: f_ariko@yahoo.com 2 Lecture of English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Bung Hatta University 3 Lecture ofEnglish Department, Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Padang Abtract This study discusess about performative utterances in Da Vinci Code novel. Performatives is one kind of speech act according to Austin. The performative utterances are utterances containing action. They can be order or request, promise, and commitment of the speaker to do something. after collecting the utterances, they are classified based on the functions of speech act (declarations, representatives, expressive, directives, and commissive) and relationships between structure forms (declarative, interrogative, and imperative) and communicative functions (statement, question, and command) of the utterances. In doing this, the writer used Austin’s and Yule’s theories. The writer also used quality research and observational technique by Ainin. That is by observing the data itself, reading it, collecting, and classifying the data in Da Vinci Code novel. After analyzing the data, the writer found that based on the functions of speech act, the data consists of directives, declaration, and commissives. Meanwhile based on the relationships between structure forms and communicative functions of the utterances, most of them include in direct relation where structure of the utterance is relevant with its function. Key words : Performatives and Da Vinci Code Introduction Language, as tool of communication, has significant position in life of human being. Wherever, human need language because by using language, verbal or nonverbal, they can communicate with others to make their life running well. For instance, a buyer uses language when she or he wants to buy a book in book store. Language used in communicating has many functions. According to Chaer et all in Ainin (2007:145) said that generally there are five functions of language. They are: expression, information, exploration, persuasion, and entertainment. In speech act theory, the language used in communicating consists of two kinds; one of them is performatives. Austin in Levinson (1984: 228) defined: Performatives utterance is not apperantly used with any intention of making true of false statement, they are not used just to say thing, i.e. describe states of affairs, but rather actively to do thing. In other words Austin defined: