AN ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACTS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN WOMEN-CENTRIC MOVIES

This study explores the usage of commissive speech acts in women-centric movies "Little Women" and "Enola Holmes." It employs Searle's classification (1979), along with Hymes' social structure theory (2001) Brown Levinson's politeness (1987). The analysis uncovers various types set nineteenth century. Furthermore, it reveals that employment strategies employed by characters are significantly influenced their respective societies. These findings contribute novel insights to existing theories extend scope sociopragmatics research, particularly evaluating within academic settings. suggests conducting further research encompassing diverse cases, exploring other aspects act studies, engaging comparative or cross-cultural analyses.