Stuttering and Pragmatics in ‘Once Upon A TIME in Hollywood' Movie

Abstract

The present study aims to explore the experiences of an adult person who stutters with the unpredictable and variable nature of stuttering across various contexts. Through analyzing some utterances chosen from ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' movie uttered by ‘Rick Dalton', the main character in the movie, who stutters in his daily life and speaks fluently in specific situations,  this investigation facilitate a qualitative exploration of the contextual variability of stuttering to gain a comprehensive understanding of this phenomena.  This study is conducted by means of Searl's Speech Acts Theory, and Demands and Capacities Theory to analyze the data. The results produced proved the correlation between stuttering and pragmatics which sheds light on the significance of focusing on context in the programs of stuttering treatment