ABSTRACT Ahmad Faozan, 2014, An Analysis on Speech Acts: Illocution in The Presidential Inaugural Address of Barack Hussein Obama. Thesis, Tarbiyah Department, English Teaching Learning Program, Advisor: Mulyadi, S.S., M.Pd. Key words: Speech acts, illocution, inaugural address. Speech act is a theory attributed to John L. Austin (1962) who introduced the idea with the basic belief th…