[ARTICLE] DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW SEASON 18
DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW SEASON 18 Lavira Puspitasari State Islamic University Raden Mas Said Surakarta Lavirap23@gmail.com A bstract Talk show becomes the dominant television program of entertainment that talks about controversial issues happening. One of the famous talk shows is Ellen DeGeneres Show. This research has three research problem the types, the strategies and the context of situation in the eighteenth season of Ellen DeGeneres Show. The researcher applied Yule’s(1996) theory to know the types and the strategies of directive speech act. He states that there are five types (command, request, invitation, suggestion and prohibition) and two strategies ( direct and indirect of directive speech acts). Then, the researcher applied Leech’s (1983) to know the context of situation in the eighteenth season of Ellen DeGeneres Show. This research is a qualitative research by employs descriptive method. The data of this research