AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN JOKO WIDODO S POLITICAL SPEECHES A THESIS BY: ELISA SIAGIAN REG.NO. 090705026 DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2013
AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN JOKO WIDODO S POLITICAL SPEECHES A THESIS BY: ELISA SIAGIAN REG.NO. 090705026 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Drs. Eddy Setia, M.Ed TESP Drs. Umar Mono M.Ed TESP 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 2013
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, MS NIP. 195411171980031002 Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum NIP.
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 26 Oktober 2013. Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001 Board of Examiners ELISA SIAGIAN
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to say all praises to Jesus Christ who always give the chance, health, and everything for me so I can finish this thesis completely by through all the moment. I would like to express my best gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Drs. Eddy Setia, M.Ed, TESP and my co-supervisor, Drs. Umar Mono, M.Ed, TESP for their time, advice, suggestion, comment, and support given to me during the process of writing and completing this thesis. Without their help, personal example and faith in the quality of this work, this thesis could never have been completed. I would also like to thank them for patient guidance throughout the course of my study. I also would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Letters USU, Dr. Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A, the head of English Department, Drs. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S and the secretary, Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum and all academics and administrative staff for their helps during the period of my study in the faculty. A very special gratitude goes to my beloved parents, B. Siagian and H. Tampubolon for their love, support, and prays that will never ended in whole of my life. I also would like to say thanks to my friends, Ecy and Via as my best friend who always support me, Dinasty (thanks for your help), Roni, Indah, Desson, Ernes, Rumiris, Elsa, Helen and Regina. Thank you for the time which we spent together and nice to have friends like you all. Thanks a lot to my beloved brother, David Siagian for the speech transcription, and also special thanks goes to Lihardo Purba for the true love and spirit in supporting me.
I want to say sorry for my friends and family those are not mentioned, but I really want to say thank you for all who help me in completing this thesis. Also, this thesis maybe is not perfect. I will be glad to receive criticism and suggestion to make this thesis better. I ask apology to all people that I have made mistakes during the study. Finally, I expect that this thesis is useful to me and everyone who is interested in linguistic study. Medan, 29 October 2013 Elisa Siagian Reg. No. 090705026
ABSTRAK Skripsi ini menganalisis tentang penggunaan tindak ilokusi yang terjadi dalam tuturan yang diucapkan oleh Joko Widodo dalam pidato-pidato politiknya selama kampanye pemilihan Gubernur Jakarta pada tahun 2012. Hal yang menjadi fokus dalam skripsi ini adalah tindak ilokusi apa yang dihasilkan oleh Joko Widodo dalam pidato-pidato politiknya, mengklasifikasikannya ke dalam kategori tindak ilokusi dan mencari kategori tindak ilokusi yang paling dominan. Untuk mengetahui hal ini, penulis menggunakan teori tindak tutur (Speech Acts), teori tindak ilokusi (Illocutionary Acts), yaitu: Commissives, Representatives, Directives, Expressives, dan Declarations, dan teori pidato politik (Political Speech). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang digunakan berupa ujaran atau kalimat yang dianggap mengandung tindak ilokusi yang terjadi dalam tuturan yang diucapkan oleh Joko Widodo dalam pidato-pidato politiknya selama kampanye dalam pemilihan Gubernur Jakarta pada tahun 2012. Dalam menganalisis data yang ada, penulis menggunakan teori Searle dan Bungin. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa tindak ilokusi Commissives (36.37%) sebanyak dua belas ujaran merupakan kategori tindak ilokusi yang paling dominan. Selanjutnya, diikuti oleh tindak ilokusi Representatives (30.3%) sebanyak sepuluh ujaran, Directives (18.18%) sebanyak enam ujaran, Expressives (12.12%) sebanyak empat ujaran, dan Declarations (3.03%) sebanyak satu ujaran. Kata Kunci: Illocutionary Acts, Commissives, Representatives, Directives, Expressives, and Declarations, Political Speech and Persuasive.
TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... ii ABSTRAK... iv TABLE OF CONTENT... v LIST OF TABLES... viii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study... 1 1.2 Problems of the Study... 4 1.3 Objectives of the Study... 4 1.4 Scope of the Study... 4 1.5 Significances of the Study... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE, THEORY AND CONCEPT 2.1 The Literature Review... 6 2.1.1 Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Victory Speech and Inaugural Speech of Barrack Obama (Isanna A. Muskananfola, 2009)... 6 2.1.2 A Study of The Illocutionary Acts in The Political Speech "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. (Marietta Belinda Rianto, 2006)... 8 2.1.3 Illocutionary Acts of The Persuasion used by The Main Characters in "Runaway Jury (Irvan Hadinata, 2008)... 9
2.2. Review of Related Theories... 11 2.2.1 Speech Acts... 11 2.2.2 Illocutionary Acts... 14 2.3 Types and Characteristics of Each Type of Speech... 16 2.4 Political Speech... 21 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Design... 24 3.2 Data and Data Source... 25 3.3 Data Collection... 26 3.4 Data Analysis... 26 CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHOD 4.1 The Analysis... 28 4.1.1 Commissives... 28 4.1.2 Representatives... 29 4.1.3 Directives... 31 4.1.4 Expressives... 32 4.1.5 Declarations... 33 4.2 Findings... 34 4.2.1 The Classifications of Illocutionary Acts Occurred in Each Classification of Illocutionary Acts in the Speeches... 34 4.2.2 The Frequency Occurred Among the Utterances in Joko Widodo s Political Speeches... 36 4.3 Overall Findings... 37
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion... 38 5.2 Suggestion... 39 REFERENCES... 40 APPENDIXES
LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 Classifications of Illocutionary Acts in Each Speech.. 35 Table 4.2 Frequency of the Five Types of Illocutionary Acts in the Speeches 36