Assertive acts in Andrew Tate’s interview on The Deen Show

The aim of the study was to examine assertive acts in Andrew Tate’s interview on The Deen Show. The researcher used Searle’s theory of assertive acts classification. This research focuses on utterances in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences used by guest star of The Deen Show. There are two problems in this study, namely: (1) What are the types of assertive acts used in Andrew Tate’s interview on The Deen Show and (2) Why did the assertive acts used by Andrew Tate’s interview on The Deen Show. This study uses qualitative descriptive approach in relation to the use of clear and systematic description about the phenomena being studied. In order to gather data, the researcher transcribed Andrew Tate’s interview on The Deen Show. The researcher analyzed the data that indicate assertive acts used by Andrew Tate. Then, identifying the reason or purpose assertive acts uttered by Andrew Tate. This study reveals that that there are seven types of assertive acts, including informing, describing, asserting, predicting, arguing, and suggesting. Meanwhile, the researcher did not find any complaining type in Andrew Tate’s utterances. The researcher found that 149 assertive acts and stating that is one of the most common types of assertive acts in Andrew Tate’s interview. Then, the result revealed that there are several reasons or purposes which appear in Andrew Tate’s interview. Those are expressing feeling, delivering information, conveying opinion, convincement, giving suggestion, and clarification. The finding shows that the most reason or purpose of Andrew Tate’s interview is to convey information in order to make listeners understand.