SPEECH ACTS IN THIS STUDY DEALS WITH THE ANALYSIS COMPLETE OF JULIA GILLARDS SPEECHES

The objectives of this research were to find types of speech acts used in Julia Gillards Speeches. The dominant type of speech acts used in Julia Gillards speeches and the reason in using the dominant type of speech acts the way it is. This research was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. There are four texts speeches of Julia Gillard in this study taken from internet, they were the prepared text of Prime Minister Julia Gillards speech at the parliamentary dinner for Barrack Obama in Canberra (November 2011), The Choice For Australia, The national Press Club Canberra (August 2010), Julia Gillards Opening Address at a Press Conference Monash University (June 2010), Speech at State Dinner in Honour of The President of Indonesia, Darwin (July2012). The result of analyzing types of speech acts were used in the Julia Gillards text speeches, they were: declarative, representative, expressive, directive, commissive. There were 241 utterances. The findings of data analysis showed that the total numbers of speech acts from the four texts speeches were: declarative 3,7%, representative 52,7%, expressive 6,2%, directive 12,0%, commissive 25,3%. It means that representative form is the most dominant type of speech acts used in Julia Gillards speeches. It is 52,7%. Representative is dominant because the speaker who delivered the speech is only person who becomes the center of attention and they are campaign or political speeches. Usually, the speakers would promote about their self and talk about their potency to be a good leader with all their goals to convince the hearer.