AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN DISCOVER MAGAZINE A THESIS BY PETRUS SURYO KUNCORO REG. NO 100705016 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2014
AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN DISCOVER MAGAZINE A THESIS BY PETRUS SURYO KUNCORO REG. NO 100705016 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Eddy Setia, M. Ed. TESP Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. PhD NIP.195704121984031001 NIP. 197502092008121002 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2014
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination Head, Secretary, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A.PhD NIP. 19541117 198003 1 001 NIP. 197502092008121002
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on 16 July 2014 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. H Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001 Board of Examiners Signature Drs. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. ( ) Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D ( ) Dr. Eddy Setia, M. Ed. TESP ( ) Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL ( ) Dra. Hj.Rohani Ganie, M.Hum ( )
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all I would like to express my thankfulness to the Almighty God who always gives me health, patience, strength, and guidance to complete this thesis. First and foremost, I would like to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to my supervisor and my co-supervisor, Dr. Eddy Setia, M. Ed.. TESP. And Mr. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. for their advice, guidance, support, and constructive comments during the process of writing this thesis. My sincere gratitude also goes to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M. A, the Head and the Secretary of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, Ms. and Mr. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. and all of the lectures and staff of English Department for the valuable knowledge, opportunities, and facilities given to me during my study on this university. My special appreciation and thanks also expressed to my beloved parents, I.G Jokopitoyo and N. Saragi, who always pray, remind, give attention, encouragement, moral and financial support for me. Also for my beloved brother and sister, Elyas Subiastoro Pitoyo, Patricia Rizky Mutiara, and Bellarmino Wira Permana, who always be my motivation to do something better. Special thanks are also addressed to my beloved and the only one for the love and affection during the process of writing this thesis. For my special friends, Denny, Dicky, Boy, Yudi, Samuel, Marthin, Jefri, thank you for the togetherness, support
and also for the special snack and soft drink that we always clutch while writing this thesis. For all of the girls on my class, thank you for being spunky. Other special thanks go to all my dormitory mates, Sarmin 91, thanks for reminding me to finish this thesis. Also for my friends in English Department and Faculty of Cultural Studies, whose names cannot be mentioned one by one, thank you for giving support and prayer in finishing this thesis. May we always have a great gathering time and build a great friendship forever. Finally, I hope this thesis will always be useful for the readers and the other student for doing the next research. May God bless us. Amin Medan, 20 July 2014 The writer Petrus Suryo Kuncoro Reg. No 100705016
ABSTRACT This thesis entitled An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Discover Magazine. It is a pragmatic analysis namely the speech acts category with the main subject illocutionary acts. Based on the analysis, the category of illocutionary acts they are: assertives, directives, commissives, expressives, and declaratives performed in Discover Magazine are the main subjects of this thesis. The data are collected and analyzed by using the Qualitative method. In this thesis, the writer used the theory of Searle (1979) for the types of illocutionary acts in this thesis. From the data analysis found there are 52 utterances or sentences that consist of illocutionary acts. From the findings, there are assertive, directives, commissives, and declarations types but no expressive category found from the magazine. Sub-category of assertives found in the magazine namely: alleging, stating, suggesting, asserting, predicting, affirming, insisting, reporting, and complaining. Sub-category of directives found namely: recommending, plead, entreating, and asking. The sub-category of commissives found is promising. The sub-category of declaration found is declaring. The most dominant type of illocutionary acts found in the scientific magazine is the assertives type. Keywords: speech acts, illocutionary acts, Discover Magazine, assertive, directives, commissives, expressive, and declarations.
ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Discover Magazine. Skripsi ini merupakan analisis pragmatik yakni kategori tindak tuturdengan subjek utama tindak ilokusi. Kategori dari tindak ilokusi yakni: asertif, direktif, komisif, ekspresif dan deklaratif yang terdapat dalam Majalah Discover merupakan subyek utama dari analisis skripsi ini. Data- data dikumpulkan dan dianalisis menggunakan metode kualitatif. Untuk tipe- tipe dari tindak ilokusi pada skripsi ini, penulis menggunakan teori Searle (1979). Dari analisis data, ditemukan ada 52 buah ucapan atau kalimat yang mengandung tindak ilokusi. Dari hasil yang ditemukan pada majalah tersebut, terdapat kategori asertif, direktif, dan komisif, dan deklaratif tetapi tidak ada ditemukan kategori ekspresif. Sub kategori dari asertif yang ditemukan dari majalah tersebut yakni: menduga, menyatakan, menyarankan, menegaskan, menekankan, memaksakan, melaporkan dan mengeluh. Sub kategori direktif yang ditemukan yakni: merekomendasikan, mengaku, memohon, dan bertanya. Sub kategori dari komisif yang ditemukan yaitu menjanjikan. Sub kategori deklaratif ditemukan mendeklarasikan. Tipe yang tindak ilokusi yang ditemukan paling dominan ditemukan dari majalah ilmiah tersebut adalah tipe asertif. Kata Kunci: tindak tutur, tindak ilokusi, majalah Discover, asertif, direktif, komisif, ekspresif, dan deklaratif.
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR S DECLARATION... v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... vii ABSTRACT... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS... xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study... 1 1.2 Problem of the Study... 5 1.3 Objective of the Study... 6 1.4 Scope of the Study... 6 1.5 Significance of the Study... 7 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 An Overview of Pragmatics... 8 2.2 Speech Acts... 10 2.3 Types of Speech Acts... 13 2.3.1 Locutionary Acts... 13 2.3.2 Illocutionary Acts... 14 2.3.3 Perlocutionary Acts... 15 2.4 The Understanding of Illocutionary Acts... 17 2.4.1 The Definition of Illocutionary Act... 17 2.4.2 The Categories of Illocutionary Acts... 18 2.4.3 Illocutionary Force Indicating Device (IFID)... 25
2.4.4 Performative Utterance... 26 CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Method... 30 3.2 Data and Source of Data... 30 3.3 Data collecting Procedures... 31 3.4 Data Analysis... 32 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1Analysis... 35 4.1.1 Data Description... 35 4.1.1.1 Assertives... 36 4.1.1.2 Directives... 40 4.1.1.3 Commissives... 42 4.1.1.4 Declarations... 43 4.1.1.5 Expressives... 43 4.2 The Intention of Illocutionary Acts... 44 4.3 Findings... 57 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion... 59 5.2 Suggestion... 60 REFERENCES... 61 APENDICES