Speech function analysis used by Ran and Eggy in Eggnoid webtoon

This research discussed the speech function used by the main characters in season 1 of the Eggnoid webtoon. This research aims to find out the types of speech functions that are found from Ran and Eggy as the main characters in the Eggnoid webtoon and how the speech function used by Ran and Eggy in Eggnoid webtoon. This study used descriptive qualitative methods. The researcher collected the data by transcribing the utterances of Ran and Eggy in Eggnoid webtoon season 1. After that, the researcher classified and identified the data to find the speech function category. The researcher classified based on the Holmes (2013) theory. After the researcher analyzed the data, then the researcher classified the data into 6 types of speech functions. From the findings, the researcher found 6 types of speech functions used by Ran, and 5 types of speech functions used by Eggy. The six types of speech function used by Ran are referential function, expressive function, directive function, phatic function, metalinguistic function, and poetic function. While the type of speech function that is not found in Eggy is metalinguistic function. Besides metalinguistic, the five categories of speech functions are found in Eggy's utterances. Then, the most dominant speech function used by Ran is directive function, while the most dominant speech function used by Eggy is phatic function.