Employing Female (Famous Madurese Folktales) to Reveal Illocutionary Acts

<p class="7Abstract"> <em>The research about speech acts emerges more enticing from time to time. </em><em>This study </em><em>focuses on scrutinizing types of illocutionary and the techniques performing acts. It </em><em>employs qualitative design research. </em><em>Observation documentary review are </em><em>applied obtain data. Field-notes also used during </em><em>data collection</em><em>. In analyzing data, interactive model data analysis is applied, including reduction, display, verification</em><em>/claim</em><em>. The result</em><em>s</em><em> </em><em>show</em><em> </em><em>76 classified have been found based theory Searle (1979), including: assertive, directive, commissive, expressive, declarative.</em><em> in folktale that applied perform act include literal direct technique, indirect non-literal technique. </em></p>