THE CONSTRUCTIVE AND PERFORMATIVE SPEECH THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA USED IN HIS DIALOGUE WITH CHRIS WALLACE ON ECONOMIC ISSUES IN AMERICA

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Talking to someone will produce speech such as giving information or reporting
on the right thing and speech as a form of action such as promise, order, and
request . This means we often produce two forms of speech that is constructive
and performative in everyday communication. We use constructive in particular
to say or describe something that is right or wrong and uses performative to
perform actions beyond words. Speech delivered by a state official usually
contains an interesting aspect both from the aspect of speech or sentence
structure. In this study researchers used descriptive qualitative methods using
the theory of Austin on the theory of speech acts. The results of constructive and
performative of Obama's speech were based on the context, it is clear that
speakers take action through their utterances. The speaker not only said
something but also he did something by expressing his gratitude and accepting
Wallace's arrival to the White House. By saying this utterance, the speaker did
not state or described the actual facts but he wanted to act with his words. These
utterances were regarded as performative speech. Whereas Obama used
constructive to say the right things about reality, stating the real situation in the
world and describing something about whether it is right or wrong.