ILLOCUTIONARY FORCE OF SLANG WORDS IN "RAMPAGE" 2018 MOVIE

Slang words can contain particular meanings that cannot be interpreted directly. To know and understand the meaning behind utterances, EFL learners employ illocutionary force by analyzing native speakers' daily communication of slang words. Therefore, this qualitative research aimed to explore types utterances in Rampage movie. The data were collected from movie transcript analyzed using document analysis force. results revealed all discovered movie, most used type was imitative, which occurred 14 times. underlined characters implementing show speakers have higher status than interlocutor, what they need do certain situations, ask other people something, want their psychological state, give a promise. study would enrich learners' knowledge vocabulary items general.