Representative Illocutionary Acts … | 63 PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol. 5 No. 1, 2022 REPRESENTATIVE ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS ON ENGLISH SPEECHES YOUTUBE CHANNEL Anggi Permana Sidik, Pepen Priyawan, Erlan Aditya Ardiansyah UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung erlanaditiya@uinsgd.ac.id Abstract This study aims to figure out the kinds of illocutionary acts and the function of representatives performed by the inspirations of American motivators in the persuasive recordings on the English Speeches YouTube channel. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The subjects of this examination are four videos from notable inspirations from America in English Speeches YouTube channel. The illocutionary act information and the functions of representative performed by the motivators were arranged and grouped by utilizing Searle's hypothesis. The main tracking shows five illocutionary acts: representative, directive, commissive, declarative, and expressive. In contrast, the subsequent tracking down shows six representative functions: claiming, predicting, stating, reporting, describing, and complaining. By performing those five illocutionary acts, motivators might have different approaches to communicating their expectations to audiences. In the interim, motivators can likewise do different ways to fulfill the motivation behind their demeanor through the function of representative. Keywords: Representative Illocutionary act, YouTube INTRODUCTION Speech act is the utilization of language while expressing and doing; it can be considered as the demonstration of talking about something and doing the connected thing at once (Searle, 1976). Besides, there are essentially a speaker and a listener to lay out an effective correspondence (Sembiring, 2018). Many individuals can talk in broad daylight with the fortitude to give inspiration to many individuals is an illustration that we can take and break down. English Speeches YouTube channel for American and British specialists, commentators, models, artists, and inspirational orators. This channel is intended to help understudies or anyone else learn English regarding speech acts or perusing. English Speeches channel was established on YouTube on March 28, 2017; thus, there have been 3 million endorsers worldwide. It is said that YouTube is one of the tools that becomes an example of a speech act in daily life communication (Risdianto, 2015).