ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS IN ELENA AND MIGUEL CHARACTER SPEAKERS IN COCO ANIMATION

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the directive speech act and the expressive speech act in the animation Coco, through the speeches of the characters Elena and Miguel. The present work had as general objective to analyze the directive speech act in the utterances made by the character Elena and the expressive speech act in the utterances made by the character Miguel. The specific objectives were: to select the scenes of the characters, classify the speech acts and, finally, describe them. The theoretical foundation is based on the assumptions of Barbosa (2013), Conde (2001), Costa (2011), Castim (2017), Ducrot (1987), Figueiredo (2006), Filho (2006), Fiorin (2003), Gutierres ( 2009), Gil (2002), Menegusso (2008), Palrilha (2009), Souza (2010), Silva (2005), Searle (1994), Unkrich (2018) and Yin (2001). As a result, it was observed that the directive speech act was used in different situations experienced by Elena, in contexts in which the character demonstrates authority. on the other hand, the expressive speech act, analyzed in Miguel's scenes, was widely used when feelings were revealed in the boy's speech.