Speech Acts and Personal Narrative: Analysing Meghan Markle’s Use of Speech Acts

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dc.contributor.authorInal, Sevim
dc.contributor.authorKamburoğlu, Nalan Erçin
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T05:21:44Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T05:21:44Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study describes the types and functions of speech acts performed by Meghan Markle during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. The script of the interview constitutes the data. The data analysis is based on five classifications of Searl and Austin’s speech actc theory: declarative, assertive, expressive, directive and commissive. The data was analysed via MAXQDA through coding. The results indicate that mostly four types of speech acts were performed in her 364 utterances consisting of 318 utterances of representative, 26 utterances of directive, 15 utterances of expressive, and 5 utterances of commissive. Based on this finding, it was concluded that Meghan Markel used representative speech act most and that she mainly gave statements of fact or described things that she believed to be true. Additionally, the authors analyse the significance of Meghan Markle’s use of ‘I’ in her statements and draw conclusions based on these observations.
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/jol.2024.1624083
dc.identifier.endpage73
dc.identifier.issn0255-674X
dc.identifier.issn2718-0042
dc.identifier.issue43
dc.identifier.startpage57
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26650/jol.2024.1624083
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30733
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul University
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Linguistics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250529
dc.subjectSpeech acts
dc.subjectrepresentative
dc.subjectdeclarative
dc.subjectcommissive
dc.subjectexpressive
dc.subjectdirective
dc.titleSpeech Acts and Personal Narrative: Analysing Meghan Markle’s Use of Speech Acts
dc.typeResearch Article

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