Alviyatin, N.R. (2021). An Analysis on Speech Function Used by The Main Character of “Maleficent” Movie. Thesis, Department of English Language Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Kediri. Advisors (1) Mohammad Muhyidin, M.Pd. (2) Drs. Agus Edi Winarto, M.Pd. Keywods: speech function, Maleficent movie Speech function is one of linguistics study which concern in communication. A good communication is how the addresser delivers a language then the hearer will understand it. Therefore, based on Holmes theory, speech function has some types such as expressive function, directive function, referential function, metalinguistic function, poetic function, and phatic function. This research is a qualitative research with descriptive qualitative design. The researcher takes descriptive qualitative to describe types of speech function used by the main character which is Maleficent found in “Maleficent” movie dialogue script. In collecting the data, the researcher used watch, read and observed the dialogue in the movie to find out the speech function used by the main character. Then, selected types of speech function which are found in conversation based on Holmes’ theory. After the data were collected, the data were analyzed by coding into the categories and interpreted it from the coding categories. The result of this study showed that there are five speech function out of six speech function found in the utterances of the main character of “Maleficent” movie. They are expressive, directive, referential, poetic, and phatic. From ninety five utterances, the researcher found 35% expressive function, 22% directive function, 31% referential function, 7% metalinguistic function, 1% poetic function, and 4% phatic function. The dominant types of speech function used by the main character is expressive function.

Rohmah , Alviyatin Nur .   (2022). An Analysis On Speech Function Used By The Main Character In "Maleficent" Movie. IAIN Kediri