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THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN OSAMA BIN LADEN S SPEECH

THESIS

Written by:

SUKARDI NIM080110191040

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS

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THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN OSAMA BIN LADEN S SPEECH

THESIS

A thesis presented to English Department, Faculty of Letters, Jember University

as one of the requirements to obtain the award of Sarjana Sastra Degree

in English Studies

Written by:

SUKARDI NIM 080110191040

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS

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DEDICATION

Sincerely, I dedicate my thesis to:

1. My beloved parents, Sahirudin and Amisah. Thanks for your prayers, love, motivation and strong faith on me.

2. My brothers, Suhaedi and Supendi, and my little sister Suhartini. Thanks for your support and motivation.

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MOTTO

Sebaik-baik manusia adalah yang paling bermanfaat bagi orang lain.

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DECLARATION

I hereby state that this thesis entitled The Analysis of Illocutionary Acts of Osama Bin Laden s Speech is an original piece of writing. I declare that the analysis and the research described in this thesis have never been submitted for any other degree or publication.

I certify to the best of my knowledge that all sources used and any help in this preparation of this thesis have been acknowledged.

Jember, 27thDesember 2012 The writer

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APPROVAL SHEET

Approved and received by examination committee of English Department, the Faculty of Letters, Jember University on:

Day: Thursday

Date: 27thDecember 2012

Place: Faculty of Letters, Jember University

Examination committee

The members:

1. Prof. Dr. Samudji., M.A ( )

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2. Drs. Albert Tallapessy, M.A., PhD ( .. ..)

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3. Sabta Diana, S.S., M.A ( )

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Approved by dean,

Dr. Hairus Salikhin, M.Ed. NIP. 19631051989021001 Secretary

(Indah Wahyuningsih,S.S., M.A) NIP.196801142000122001

Chairman

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all, I would like to thank and express my deepest gratitude to Allah who bestowed His blessing and care. This thesis has been completed with the involvement and assistant of many people. Heartedly, my words of deep appreciation are conveyed to them:

1. Dr. Hairus Salikhin, M.Ed, Dean of Faculty of Letters.

2. Drs. Albert Tallapessy, M.A., PhD, the chairman of English Department as well as my second advisor, who have given me the chance to compose this thesis as one of the requirements to achieve the award of Sarjana Sastra Degree in English Studies and has found time during his busy time for guiding me and finding the answer of the problems I encounter in writing my thesis.

3. Prof. Dr. Samudji, MA, my first advisor, who has patiently guided and supported me in writing this thesis as well.

4. All of the lecturers of Faculty of Letters who have taught me their most valuable knowledge during my academic study. All of the officials of Faculty of Letters, all of the librarians in Central Library and Faculty of Letters. 5. My friends in English Department class of 2008

At last my sincere thanks go for the ones that I cannot mention one by one. Thanks

for the encouragement and support during the writing of this thesis. I do hope this writing will be a useful reference for the following study.

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SUMMARY

The Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Osama Bin Laden s Speech; Sukardi, 080110191040; 2012; 75 Pages; English Department, Faculty of Letters, Jember University.

This thesis deals with the speech acts analysis which concerns with illocutionary acts analysis of Osama Bin Laden s Speech. The speech analyzed in this thesis is Osama s speech on 2004. It constitutes phenomenal speech that has great effects on the listeners or readers at that time. The goal of this study is to understand deeply the types and the functions of illocutionary act and to find out the intended meanings or communicative purposes expressed in his speech. It is projected to give an explanation or an example of how the illocutionary act could be used academically to find out the intended meanings or communicative purposes expressed in a speech.

The data presented in this writing are qualitative data which means the data are in the form of words. Data collection in this thesis is documentary study. The data are documented from website resource. This thesis is a descriptive study which elaborates the theory of J.R Searle s classification of illocutionary act and the theory of function of illocutionary act proposed by G.N Leech. The developments of the

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TITLE . . .i

FRONTSPIECE . .. ii

DEDICATION PAGE . .. . iii

MOTTO . iv

DECLARATION . ... v

APPROVAL SHEET ... vi

ACKNOWLEGMENT . vii

SUMMARY ...viii

TABLE OF CONTENS ix

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .1

1.1 The Background of the Study . .. .1

1.2 Biography of Osama Bin Laden .. ..3

1.3 The Background History . . ..4

1.4 The Problems of the Study .... .. ... . . . 6 1.5 The Research Questions .. . ...7 1.6 The Scope of the Study ... ... ...7 1.7 The Goals of the Study . . . .7 1.8 The Significance of the Study .. . ... 8 1.9 The Organization of the Study .. .... 8 CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... ... 9

2.1 The previous study . .. ... 9

2.2 The Context 10

2.2 Pragmatics ... .. 12

2.3 The Origin of Speech Act .. 14

2.4 Speech Act. . .15

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a. Locutionary Act ... .16

b. Illocutionary Act . ... ...17

c. Perlocutionary Act... .. ... ... .17

2.5 Illocutionary Act (The Main Theory) .. ..18 2.5.1 The Types of Illocutionary Act . ... .. 18

a. Assertive .. .. . 19

b. Directive . . . 19

c. Commissive . .. . ..19

d. Expressive ... .. ...20

e. Declarative .. .20

2.5.2 The Function of Illocutionary Act . .. .. . .21

a. Competitive ..21

b. Convivial .. 21

c. Collaborative . ...21

d. Conflictive ... . ... . 22

CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... ..23

3.1 The Type of Research .. .. .. 23

3.2 Research Strategy . .. 23

3.3 The Type of Data .. .. .24

3.4 Data Collection ... .. 24

3.5 Data Analysis .. .. 25

CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .. ...26 4.1 The Results of Analysis ... 26

4.2 The Discussion ... . ..31

4.2.1 Assertive-Collaborative Illocutionary act .31

a. Stating .. .32

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f. Concluding ... . .56

4.2.2 Directive-Competitive Illocutionary Act ..57

a. Permitting ... 58

b. Asking ... ... .. 58

c. Suggesting ... ... ....60

d. Recommending .. ....61

e. Ordering ... ...61

f. Advising ... ..62

4.2.3 Commissive-Conflictive IllocutionaryAct ...63

a. Willing ... . 64

b. Threatening .. .. 65

c. Promising ... ....66

d. Agreeing ... ..67

4.2.4 Expressive-Convivial Illocutionary Act ...67

4.2.5 Double Types and Functions 69

CHAPTER 5 CONLUSION ...72

EFERENCES .74